FDA-P.169-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.169-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry Elford Luxmoore
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter-length, in a black coat, waitscoat and trousers, holding an open book, in an interior
Comments
'49. Portrait of H. E. Luxmore, Esq.
Painted 1901. Another portrait was subsequently painted, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, but the subscribers, as well as the artist, preferred the earlier one.
Life-size, full face, three-quarter length.
Lent by the Provost and Fellows of Eton College.'
[Source: Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures & Sketches by Charles Welington Furse A.R.A., London, 1906, p.23]
'C.W. Furse, A.R.A., painted two portraits of Mr. Luxmoore; the first, begun in 1900, was completed in 1901, the second was painted and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902.'
[Source: The Burlington Magazine, Volume 16, 1910, p.353]
Painted 1901. Another portrait was subsequently painted, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, but the subscribers, as well as the artist, preferred the earlier one.
Life-size, full face, three-quarter length.
Lent by the Provost and Fellows of Eton College.'
[Source: Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures & Sketches by Charles Welington Furse A.R.A., London, 1906, p.23]
'C.W. Furse, A.R.A., painted two portraits of Mr. Luxmoore; the first, begun in 1900, was completed in 1901, the second was painted and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902.'
[Source: The Burlington Magazine, Volume 16, 1910, p.353]
Description
Content (person)
Luxmoore, Henry Elford, 1841 - 1926 (Sitter)
Dimension note
46 x 38 in
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Date
1900-1901
History and association
Associated object
Object history note
Exhibited: Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1906, catalogue number 49
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.74)
