FDA-P.167-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.167-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry VI
Description
Three-quarter-length, reversed from usual portrait type, in embroidered tunic, ermine trimmed velvet coat and black cap, and wearing linked SS collar of the Lancastrian order.
Comments
'[A] gift from some former students at the college consists of an ancient portrait of Henry VI, the founder of Eton College, which has been hung upon the panelled wainscot on the north side of the hall, a short distance from the west end of the building.'
[St James's Gazette, Friday 10 December 1897, p.17]
[St James's Gazette, Friday 10 December 1897, p.17]
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1470mm
width (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 750mm
Inscription
Identification labels on frame
Physical description
19th-century carved gilt frame
Production
Date
Post 1651
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by former Collegers in 1897
References
• Ian Tyers, 'The Tree-Ring Analysis of 10 Panel Paintings at Eton College', Dendrochronology Consultancy Ltd, Report 158, June 2009 (p. 38)
• Cole, B. ed., Eton Collections Review 2, December 2007 (H.Ryan, 'Portraits of the Founder at Eton and King's', p. 44, fig. 7 p. 41)
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p. 70)
• Cole, B. ed., Eton Collections Review 2, December 2007 (H.Ryan, 'Portraits of the Founder at Eton and King's', p. 44, fig. 7 p. 41)
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p. 70)
