FDA-P.187-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.187-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Earl Roberts of Kandaha
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter length painted portrait of a standing man, wearing army uniform
Comments
The sitter is Earl Roberts of Kandaha, Field Marshall.
'[Lord Roberts] was present in the School Hall on Wednesday, December 20, 1911, to witness the unveiling of his own portrait, presented to the School by Old Etonians.'
['Lord Roberts', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1505, Thursday, November 19, 1914, p.674]
'[Lord Roberts] was present in the School Hall on Wednesday, December 20, 1911, to witness the unveiling of his own portrait, presented to the School by Old Etonians.'
['Lord Roberts', Eton College Chronicle, No. 1505, Thursday, November 19, 1914, p.674]
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1730mm
width (sight size): 1133mm
height (frame): 1991mm
width (frame): 1378mm
width (sight size): 1133mm
height (frame): 1991mm
width (frame): 1378mm
Inscription
Signed, inscribed and dated, upper right: 'P A Laszlo 1911 Ascot'
I.D. label on frame
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Historic carved gilt wooden frame
Production
Person
Date
1911
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Old Etonians in 1911
Exhibited: 'Portraits of Great Irish Men and Women', Ulster Museum, Belfast, 24 June to 24 July 1965 (catalogue number 187)
Exhibited: 'Portraits of Great Irish Men and Women', Ulster Museum, Belfast, 24 June to 24 July 1965 (catalogue number 187)
