FDA-P.346-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.346-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Joseph Henry Warner
The Fair Student
The Fair Student
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by artist
assigned by artist
Description
Half-length, in a black coat and waistcoat and grey trousers, buildings beyond
Description
Content (person)
Warner, Joseph Henry, 1837 - 1897 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 890mm
width (sight size): 695mm
height: c.35in
width: c.27in
width (sight size): 695mm
height: c.35in
width: c.27in
Inscription
I.D. label on frame: 'JOSEPH HENRY WARNER. / B.1837. ETON.1847-1855. D.1897. / AFTERWARDS COUNSEL, HOUSE OR LORDS, AND KNIGHT.'
Inscribed faintly in chalk on verso of canvas: 'W_ Cooper P[illegible] / Crouch End / Hornsey / R.A[?] 1856'
Inscribed faintly in chalk on verso of canvas: 'W_ Cooper P[illegible] / Crouch End / Hornsey / R.A[?] 1856'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Plaster gilt frame
Production
Person
Cooper, W. (Artist)
Date
c.1856
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
Exhibited: Probably Royal Academy, London, 1856, catalogue number 496, as 'The Fair Student'
Exhibited: Probably Royal Academy, London, 1856, catalogue number 496, as 'The Fair Student'
