FDA-P.146-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.146-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
'Solomon', John Thomas Harris, 'Lusher' of top hats at New and Lingwood
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man, wearing a grey waistcoat and white cap
Comments
The sitter is John Thomas 'Solomon' Harris, who worked as a 'Lusher' of top hats at New & Lingwood, a gentlemen’s outfitter, in Eton. At the time the portrait was exhibited he was aged 73 and had been in the role for 42 years. He was called Solomon after his father, who had made hats and had a shop in Eton.
This is an autograph copy after the original portrait, which is still in the possession of New & Lingwood, at their Jermyn Street branch, in London, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1926.
This is an autograph copy after the original portrait, which is still in the possession of New & Lingwood, at their Jermyn Street branch, in London, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1926.
Description
Content (person)
Harris, John Thomas, 1852 - 1940 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 630mm
width (sight size): 490mm
height (frame): 840mm
width (frame): 701mm
depth (frame): 40mm
width (sight size): 490mm
height (frame): 840mm
width (frame): 701mm
depth (frame): 40mm
Inscription
Signed lower right 'G. Hall Neale'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Brown painted carved wood frame
Production
Person
Neale, George Hall, 1863 - 1940 (Artist)
Date
c.1930
History and association
Object history note
