FDA-P.148-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.148-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
College Servant (Butler) with Ox-Eye Cup, possibly Edward Wise
Portrait of Eton College servant with ox-eye cup
Portrait of Eton College servant with ox-eye cup
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man, holding a silver vessel and a knife skewering a piece of bread
Comments
Titled as 'In the Buttery' when reproduced in 'The Plate of Eton College', see references. Called 'Edward Wise' in 'Below Stairs: 400 years of Servants Portraits', ed. by Anne French and Giles Waterfield (London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2003), p. 81 (see fig. 15). The caption for fig. 15 identifies the butler and cites in a footnote the source for this information: 'Information from Timothy Connor, Eton College'.
A photo of the painting is at the Yale Center for British Art, which gives as the source for the photograph 'Courtauld B73/262.'
A photo of the painting is at the Yale Center for British Art, which gives as the source for the photograph 'Courtauld B73/262.'
Other number
FDA-P.518-2014
Description
Content (person)
Wise, Edward, ? - 1684 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Head and shoulders, holding silver, knife with bread on
Dimensions
height (frame): 861mm
width (frame): 752mm
depth (frame): 43mm
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 630mm
width (frame): 752mm
depth (frame): 43mm
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 630mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Black lacquer and gilt wood frame
Production
Date
c.1680
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'Six Centuries of Food & Dining at Eton College', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 14 June 2021 to 31 October 2021
References
• Jones, E. Alfred, The Plate of Eton College, The London Saint Catherine Press, 1938 (p. 11)
