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
height (frame): 945mm
width (frame): 825mm
depth (frame): 90mm
width (sight size): 680mm
height (frame): 945mm
width (frame): 825mm
depth (frame): 90mm
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
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: 'Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph' (Hanover Exhibition), New Gallery, London, 1890-1891, catalogue number 322; 'Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860' (Winter Exhibition), Royal Academy, London, 6 January to 10 March 1934, catalogue number 317; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 7; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 12
Exhibited: 'Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph' (Hanover Exhibition), New Gallery, London, 1890-1891, catalogue number 322; 'Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860' (Winter Exhibition), Royal Academy, London, 6 January to 10 March 1934, catalogue number 317; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 7; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 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)
