FDA-P.181-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.181-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Dr Montague Rhodes James
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter legnth painted portrait of a man wearing a red robe and standing before a bookcase, with a book in one hand and the other hand resting on a manuscript upon a desk
Comments
'The Provost’ s Portrait.— Mr. Gerald Kelly, R.A., is bringing down his portrait of the Provost next Saturday, and it will be on exhibition in the School Hall until the Fourth of June.'
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 2377, Thursday 28 May 1936, p.154]
[Source: Eton College Chronicle, No. 2377, Thursday 28 May 1936, p.154]
Description
Content (person)
James, Montague Rhodes, 1862 - 1936 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1430mm
width (sight size): 1000mm
height (frame): 1655mm
width (frame): 1235mm
depth (frame): 72mm
width (sight size): 1000mm
height (frame): 1655mm
width (frame): 1235mm
depth (frame): 72mm
Inscription
Signed lower left
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame
Production
Person
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1957
