FDA-P.35-2010

Object number

FDA-P.35-2010

Object type

painting

Title

Charles William Henry Scott, Earl of Dalkeith

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Portrait of a youn man, in Van Dyke costume, including black hat with feather and pink coat

Comments

The sitter is dressed for the Eton Montem.
At Eton 1780-89
Afterwards 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and 6th Duke of Queensberry, K.T.

Content (person)

Scott, Charles William Henry Montagu- (Earl of Dalkeith), 1772 - 1819 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 605mm
height (frame): 904mm
width (frame): 768mm
depth (frame): 60mm

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Carved gilt wood frame

Person

Beechey, William (R. A.), 1753 - 1839 (Artist)

Date

1789

Object history note

Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in 1789

Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1789, catalogue number 405, as 'A Young Nobleman'; 'Eton Loan Collection', Eton College, 1891, catalogue number 94; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 21; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 19

References

• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.22, no.37, Plate XXV)
• Roberts, W., Sir William Beechey, Duckworth & Co., 1907 (p.222)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.36)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (Plate 15)