FDA-P.347-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.347-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William of Wykeham, A.D 1324-1404, 'Manners Makyth Man'
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted three-quarter length portrait of a bishop
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three quarter length, 18th or 18th century copy, with Winchester coat of arms and chapel
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1020mm
width (sight size): 780mm
height (frame): 1255mm
width (frame): 1022mm
depth (frame): 76mm
width (sight size): 780mm
height (frame): 1255mm
width (frame): 1022mm
depth (frame): 76mm
Inscription
Letter attached to the verso of the stretcher with drawing pins, with Handwritten inscription:
'This copy of the picture at Winchester was / made for Reginald Bosworth-Smith writer, / and housemaster at Harrow. One his retirement / it hung in the hall at his Dorset home, Binghams / Melcombe from 1900 to 1948. It was then given / by his son Nevil Bosworth-Smith to his cousin / A.K. Wickham, who hopes that it will remain / at Eton in the possession of the senior Wykehamist / housemaster there, being passed on at his discretion / to a worthy successor. It will then not only be a / reminder of the amicablis concordia but may serve as a link between the three schools.
A.K. Wickham, owner of this picture, Wykehamist / and housemaster at Eton, died in 1951. The picture then passed to F.W. How, the senior Wykehamist housemaster. T'
'This copy of the picture at Winchester was / made for Reginald Bosworth-Smith writer, / and housemaster at Harrow. One his retirement / it hung in the hall at his Dorset home, Binghams / Melcombe from 1900 to 1948. It was then given / by his son Nevil Bosworth-Smith to his cousin / A.K. Wickham, who hopes that it will remain / at Eton in the possession of the senior Wykehamist / housemaster there, being passed on at his discretion / to a worthy successor. It will then not only be a / reminder of the amicablis concordia but may serve as a link between the three schools.
A.K. Wickham, owner of this picture, Wykehamist / and housemaster at Eton, died in 1951. The picture then passed to F.W. How, the senior Wykehamist housemaster. T'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of A. K. Wickham; by whom presented to Eton College
