FDA-P.29-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.29-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. Edward Boscawen
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a black coat and a white stock
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 760mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 960mm
width (frame): 810mm
depth (frame): 80 mm
weight: 8.5kg
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 960mm
width (frame): 810mm
depth (frame): 80 mm
weight: 8.5kg
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wooden Carlo-Maratta frame
Production
Person
Opie, John (R. A.), 1761 - 1807 (Artist)
Date
1805
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College in 1805
Exhibited: 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 33; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 24
Exhibited: 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 33; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 24
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.33, no.85, Plate XXXII)
• Rogers, J. J., Opie and his Works, London, 1878 (p.17)
• Rogers, J. J., Opie and his Works, London, 1878 (p.17)
