FDA-P.17-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.17-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Richard Colley, Viscount Wellesley
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a grey coat, white waistcoat and stock, seated in a red chair
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 800mm
width (sight size): 680mm
width (sight size): 680mm
Dimension note
(Dulwich 32"x 27")
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1781-1791
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in c.1781
Exhibited: Winter Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London, 1934; Tate, cat. no. 7; Dulwich, cat. no. 12
Exhibited: Winter Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London, 1934; Tate, cat. no. 7; Dulwich, cat. no. 12
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.62, Plate X)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.32)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.168)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.26)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Walker, p.523)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.32)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.168)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.26)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Walker, p.523)
