FDA-P.171-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.171-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Claude Elliott
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length, in clerical robes, seated in a chair
Dimension note
Too high to measure
Inscription
Signed and dated '1955'
On former hanging gilt name plaque (currently stored), recto: 'GIVEN TO ETON BY FRIENDS OF / SIR CLAUDE ELLIOTT, O.B.E., D.C.L. / HEADMASTER PROVOST / 1933-1949. 1949-1964.'; verso: 'W. A. O. J. BELL H. F. J. LEGGATT / N. J. M. CAMPBELL F. G. MANN / I. J. CROSTHWAITE J. P. MANN / R. C. FRIPP THE HON. E. R. H. WILLS / THE EARL OF INCHCAPE'
On former hanging gilt name plaque (currently stored), recto: 'GIVEN TO ETON BY FRIENDS OF / SIR CLAUDE ELLIOTT, O.B.E., D.C.L. / HEADMASTER PROVOST / 1933-1949. 1949-1964.'; verso: 'W. A. O. J. BELL H. F. J. LEGGATT / N. J. M. CAMPBELL F. G. MANN / I. J. CROSTHWAITE J. P. MANN / R. C. FRIPP THE HON. E. R. H. WILLS / THE EARL OF INCHCAPE'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame with shell decoration
Production
Person
Date
1955
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by friends of the sitter in c.1955
