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
Content (person)
Harris, John Thomas, 1852 - 1940 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in grey waistcoat and white cap
Dimensions
height (sight size): 630mm
width (sight size): 490mm
width (sight size): 490mm
Inscription
Signed lower right 'G. Hall Neale'
Physical description
Brown painted carved wood frame
Production
Person
Neale, George Hall, 1863 - 1940 (Artist)
Date
20th century
History and association
Object history note
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.
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.
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.
