FDA-P.263-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.263-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Robert Wigram (1813-1873), afterwards Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 3rd Bart
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted half-length portrait of a young man, wearing a blue coat, a yellow waistcoat and white stock; flowers in his buttonhole; leaning on a tomb
Comments
The sitter was a boy at Eton College from 1827 to 1830.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 910mm
width (sight size): 705mm
width (sight size): 705mm
Inscription
Id label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Modern wood frame with gilt slip
Style
British School 19th Century
Production
Person
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 (No. 127, p. 42)
