FDA-P.251-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.251-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. Frederick Irby, later Lord Boston
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, dressed in pale blue Fellow-Commoner's academical robes and wearing band; within a feigned oval
Description
Content (person)
Irby, Frederick, 1749 - 1825 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 705mm
width (sight size): 625mm
width (sight size): 625mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Gilt carved Romney? frame
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
c.1777
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.15, catalogue number 11, Plate XVIII)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.85, catalogue number 130)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.85, catalogue number 130)
