FDA-P.23-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.23-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Henry Lambton
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half length portrait of a young man, seated in an arm chair, holding a book
Comments
At Eton 1778-82
A version of this portrait is at Lambton Castle
A version of this portrait is at Lambton Castle
Description
Content (person)
Lambton, William Henry, 1764 - 1797 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 800mm
width (sight size): 680mm
width (sight size): 680mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wooden Romney frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1783
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in c.1783
Exhibited: Tate, catalogue no.11; Dulwich, catalogue no.14
Exhibited: Tate, catalogue no.11; Dulwich, catalogue no.14
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.21, no.34, Plate XIII)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.19)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.351, catalogue number 766)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.19)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume II, p.351, catalogue number 766)
