FDA-P.227-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.227-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry Beilby William Milner
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man wearing a white shirt and grey waistcoat and black necktie, holding a cricket bat that rests over one shoulder
Comments
Portraitist Margaret Sarah Carpenter painted several 'Leaving Portraits' of Eton boys. Each year, on completion of their time at the school, a few distinguished pupils were asked by the Head Master to leave a portrait as well as the usual leaving fee. However, the practice gradually spread to other schoolmasters. This portrait may have been painted for Edward Coleridge (1800–1883), who became Lower Master (Head of the Lower School) at Eton in 1850. Coleridge requested dozens of Leaving Portraits from boys, sending them to sit for either George Richmond or Margaret Carpenter, but later returned the works to the sitters.
At Eton 1834-42, Milner was painted with his cricket bat.
At Eton 1834-42, Milner was painted with his cricket bat.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Small half-length, in a grey waistcoat and white shirt, holding a cricket bat
Dimensions
height (actual size): 256mm
width (actual size): 200mm
width (actual size): 200mm
Inscription
Painted on verso of board: 'Mr Henry Milner, Painted by Margt Carpenter 1841'
Paper label on back of frame for Thomas Agnew, no.16254
I.D. label on frame
Paper label on back of frame for Thomas Agnew, no.16254
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on board
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame with beading
Production
Person
Date
1841
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: Dulwich, catalogue number 38; 'Sport at Eton', Verey Gallery, 24 April to 13 December 2024
References
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.48)
