FDA-P.200-2010
Parts
FDA-P.200-2010
Identification
William Johnson (afterwards Cory)
assigned by cataloguer
The sitter served as an Assistant Master at Eton College from 1845 to 1872.
'...Sir Ralph [Furse] presented to us the well-known portrait [of William Johnson (afterwards Cory)] by Charles Wellington Furse (WJC’s nephew), which was reproduced both in Mrs. Mackenzie’s book and in Lord Esher’s lonicus. This is to be hung, under Sir Geoffrey Agnew’s care, in the Austen Leigh Gallery, between School Hall and School Library.'
['The Halsdon Papers of William Johnson (Afterwards Cory)', Etoniana, No.128, 1973, p.478]
'...Sir Ralph [Furse] presented to us the well-known portrait [of William Johnson (afterwards Cory)] by Charles Wellington Furse (WJC’s nephew), which was reproduced both in Mrs. Mackenzie’s book and in Lord Esher’s lonicus. This is to be hung, under Sir Geoffrey Agnew’s care, in the Austen Leigh Gallery, between School Hall and School Library.'
['The Halsdon Papers of William Johnson (Afterwards Cory)', Etoniana, No.128, 1973, p.478]
Description
Half-length in a black coat, in profile
height (sight size): 753mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 1060mm
width (frame): 925mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 1060mm
width (frame): 925mm
(75x63cm)
Oil on canvas
Historic carved gilt frame
Production
1891
History and association
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Sir Ralph Furse in 1973
[see Eton College Archives: COLL/P/15/86/35]
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
[see Eton College Archives: COLL/P/15/86/35]
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019