FDA-P.28-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.28-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Edward Chamberlayne
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a man, in a brown coat and a white stock
Comments
Sitter was a boy at Eton College from 1751 to 1758
Mezzotint after the portrait by J. Jacobé, published in 1780
Mezzotint after the portrait by J. Jacobé, published in 1780
Description
Content (person)
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1740 - 1782 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 720mm
width (sight size): 590mm
height (frame): 940mm
width (frame): 814mm
width (sight size): 590mm
height (frame): 940mm
width (frame): 814mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Paper label on back inscribed with no. '29639', in pen and ink
Paper label on back inscribed with no. '29639', in pen and ink
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame with sanded inner fillet
Production
Person
Romney, George, 1734 - 1802 (Artist)
Date
1780
History and association
Associated object
FDA-E.622-2013 (print after original painting)
Object history note
Provenance: Presumably presented to Eton College by a member of the sitter's family, after the death of the sitter
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.13, no.1, Plate XVI)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.27)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.121, catalogue number 224)
• Ward, H. & Roberts, W., Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonne of his Works, London, 1904 (p.27)
• Kidson, Alex, George Romney: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings, Yale University Press, 2015 (Volume I, p.121, catalogue number 224)
