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FDA-P.179-2010

Parts

Object number

FDA-P.179-2010

Object type

painting

Identification

Title

Thomas Carter

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Three-quarter-length, in a black coat, waistcoat and breeches, seated in a red chair

Comments

'No. 215. 'The Rev. Thomas Carter, M.A., Fellow of Eton College,' J. P. NIGHT, R.A. This half-length is seated, and characterised by that roundness and firmness of manner which distinguisheh all the works of the painter. It is in colour, perhaps, too uniformly ruddy.'
[The Art Journal, 1855, p.174]

Description

Content (person)

Carter, Thomas (Vice-Provost of Eton), 1776 - 1868 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 900mm
width (sight size): 700mm

Inscription

I. D. label hanging from frame

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Carved and gilded frame

Production

Person

Knight, John Prescott (R.A.), 1803 - 1881 (Artist)

Date

c.1855

History and association

Object history note

Exhibited: Probably Royal Academy, London, 1855, catalogue number 215, as 'The Rev. Thomas Carter, M.A., Fellow of Eton College'
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