FDA-P.238-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.238-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
King Henry V
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man in profile, facing to the left, wearing a black skull cap
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 565mm
width (sight size): 430mm
height (frame): 738mm
width (frame): 605mm
depth (frame): 99mm
width (sight size): 430mm
height (frame): 738mm
width (frame): 605mm
depth (frame): 99mm
Inscription
Inscribed on panel in oil paint: 'Henricus V'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
19th-century carved gilt frame
Style
British School 16th Century
Production
Date
c.1606
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: National Portrait exhibition, South Kensington (Eastern corridor), 1866, catalogue number 14; Monarchs exhibition, New Gallery, London, 1902, catalogue number 12
References
• Ian Tyers, 'The Tree-Ring Analysis of 10 Panel Paintings at Eton College', Dendrochronology Consultancy Ltd, Report 158, June 2009 (p. 13-15)
