FDA-P.254-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.254-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Mr Arnold
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This portrait is listed in Lionel Cust's catalogue of 'Eton College Portraits' (1910) as "'Mr. Arnold;' perhaps George Arnold Sargent (afterwards Arnold). Born 1748. Entered Eton, 1756; left 1766. Of Halstead Place, Kent. Died 1791. Painter uncertain. [Provost's Study.]"
The work is listed in the back of Cust's catalogue, under the heading: 'The following Portraits in the Provost's Lodge do not belong to the series of Leaving Portraits'.
The work is listed in the back of Cust's catalogue, under the heading: 'The following Portraits in the Provost's Lodge do not belong to the series of Leaving Portraits'.
Description
Content (note)
Half-length, in a blue coat and embroidered buff waistcoat
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 970mm
width (frame): 845mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 970mm
width (frame): 845mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Style
British School 18th Century
Production
Person
West, Benjamin, 1738 - 1820 (Artist)
Date
c.1770
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom probably presented to the Head Master or Provost of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p. 62, no catalogue number)
