FDA-P.125-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.125-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Francis Hay Rawlins
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, seated, in robes
Comments
Rawlins served as Lower Master at Eton College. This portrait is mention in the Eton College Chronicle, as follows:
'THE RAWLINS MEMORIAL CUP.
To the Editor of the Eton College Chronicle.
Sir,—It is evident from the recent correspondence in your
columns, regarding the above Cup, that some of your readers are
unaware of its existence, and of the circumstances under which it
was given.
The Memorial to the late Vice-Provost, Francis Hay Rawlins,
organized and subscribed for by his former pupils, consists of:
(a) A panel in the Memorial Hall.
(b) A brass plate in the Vice-Provost’s Stall in Chapel.
(c) The portrait of the late Vice-Provost, hanging on the panel,
given by Colonel S. W. H. Rawlins, C.M.G. and Mr. E. C. D. Rawlins.
(d) The Rawlins Memorial Cup.
This last was offered to the Athletic Committee in 1921: an
at their suggestion, was allocated as a House Gymnastic Cup.
In order to give the Athletic Committee of the day the power to
allot it to another object, should they consider it advisable, the
words “ or any form of Athletics ” were engraved on the Cup.
The conditions under which it was to be competed for, method of
scoring, etc., were left to the Athletic Committee to decide.
Yours faithfully,
L. P. IRBY, Lt.-Col.'
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 1909, Thursday, November 13, 1924, p.728]
'THE RAWLINS MEMORIAL CUP.
To the Editor of the Eton College Chronicle.
Sir,—It is evident from the recent correspondence in your
columns, regarding the above Cup, that some of your readers are
unaware of its existence, and of the circumstances under which it
was given.
The Memorial to the late Vice-Provost, Francis Hay Rawlins,
organized and subscribed for by his former pupils, consists of:
(a) A panel in the Memorial Hall.
(b) A brass plate in the Vice-Provost’s Stall in Chapel.
(c) The portrait of the late Vice-Provost, hanging on the panel,
given by Colonel S. W. H. Rawlins, C.M.G. and Mr. E. C. D. Rawlins.
(d) The Rawlins Memorial Cup.
This last was offered to the Athletic Committee in 1921: an
at their suggestion, was allocated as a House Gymnastic Cup.
In order to give the Athletic Committee of the day the power to
allot it to another object, should they consider it advisable, the
words “ or any form of Athletics ” were engraved on the Cup.
The conditions under which it was to be competed for, method of
scoring, etc., were left to the Athletic Committee to decide.
Yours faithfully,
L. P. IRBY, Lt.-Col.'
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 1909, Thursday, November 13, 1924, p.728]
Description
Content (person)
Rawlins, Francis Hay, 1850 - 1920 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1135mm
width (sight size): 980mm
height (frame): 1403mm
width (frame): 1255mm
width (sight size): 980mm
height (frame): 1403mm
width (frame): 1255mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Historic, carved gilt wood frame with detail of apple and grape carving on outer edge
Production
Person
Orpen, Sir William, 1878 - 1931 (Artist)
Date
1910
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Colonel S. W. H. Rawlins, C.M.G. and Mr. E. C. D. Rawlins
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
References
• Konody, P. G., and S. Dark, Sir William Orpen: Artist and Man, London, 1932 (p.268)
