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FDA-P.308-2010

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Object number

FDA-P.308-2010

Object type

painting

Identification

Title

Hon. Henry Howard, later 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

The son of William Howard, Viscount Andover, who had also been educated at Eton. At Oxford, he was described as 'a pretty young man, lively and natural'. At the Coronation of George III he bore the second Sword of State. From 1763 until 1765 he was deputy Earl Marshal, and later held various political appointments. This is the earliest of the Leaving Portraits.

Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)

Contact with the Italian artist Imperiali between 1736 and 1738 gave this Scottish artist insight into the Italian manner of portrait painting, popular with the English Grand Tourist. His later prominent position in England was threatened by the youthful Reynolds. Before 1761, when he was given a lucrative appointment of Portrait Painter to George III, he had amassed a fortune of £40,000.

Description

Content (person)

Howard, Henry (Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire), 1739 - 1779 (Sitter)

Content (note)

Half-length, in a white satin coat and blue cloak

Dimensions

height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 942mm
width (frame): 821mm
depth (frame): 56mm

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Semi-Carlo Maratta frame, carved gilt with beaded edge

Production

Person

Hudson, Thomas, 1701 - 1779 (Attributed to)

Date

c.1758

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.2, p.13, Plate IV)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (No.2, p.26, Plate p.13)
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