FDA-P.311-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.311-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
J.A.St.C. Anstruther
Comments
This work was commissioned by Eugene Millington Drake for the Austen Leigh Gallery, within School Hall. The panels of the gallery were hung with portraits relevant to the First World War library Millington Drake created within School Library. Anstruther was a contempory of Millington Drake's at Eton, had been a particular friend of his from outside his boarding house, and was described by Millington Drake as “the first of them [his friends] to fall”.
Sitter: 1901-1904 P.W.
Sitter: 1901-1904 P.W.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length, in uniform
Died in Flanders
Died in Flanders
Dimensions
height (sight size): 41in
width (sight size): 30in
width (sight size): 30in
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Production
Person
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by Eugen Millington-Drake in c.1934; by whom presented to Eton College
