FDA-P.325-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.325-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
M.R. James
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted portrait of a man seated at a desk, wearing academic robes
Comments
This work was painted in the Lodge of King's College, Cambridge, in the early years of Dr James's Provostship. The Provost is wearing his Litt.D. hood and the books on the table are illuminated manuscripts.
Description
Content (person)
James, Montague Rhodes, 1862 - 1936 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, seated in academic robes at a desk
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1050mm
width (sight size): 820mm
width (sight size): 820mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Saumarez, Marion, 1885 - 1978 (Artist)
Date
c.1910
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by the artist in 1976
Exhibited: At 'a show of local artists' work, Granchester, 1974
Exhibited: At 'a show of local artists' work, Granchester, 1974
