FDA-P.159-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.159-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William George
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Oil-on-canvas portrait
Comments
This, the only known portrait of Eton Head Master William George (HM 1728-43), is also the earliest Eton Leaving Portrait. Unusually for a Leaving Portrait it apparently shows the sitter, not at the time when he left the College, but as a young boy. This work seems to relate to the Winchester College portraits of boys, of the 1730s.
Description
Content (person)
George, William, 1697 - 1756 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a green coat and a red wrap, holding a scroll with his name inscribed on it
Sitter painted as a boy
Sitter painted as a boy
Dimensions
height (sight size): 743mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Dimension note
Oval
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame, with sanded oval slip with gilt decoration (lower two corners)
Production
Person
Kneller, Godfrey (Sir), 1646 - 1723 (Circle of)
Date
c.1707-10
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 1
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.69)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.26)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.26)
