FDA-P.352-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.352-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Joseph Simpson
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man, wearing a black coat
Comments
'(162)
Joseph Simpson.
Born 1824, son of Joseph Simpson, of Clapham, Surrey. Entered Eton, 1839; left 1843; Newcastle Medallist, 1843. Trinity College, Cambridge; Scholar, first-class Classics. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Became a Roman Catholic Priest.
30 x 25 inches. Painter uncertain.
Half-length, facing spectator; black coat and cravat.'
[Source: Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910, p.50]
The sitter was a pupil at Eton College from 1839 to 1843 and became a Newcastle Medallist in 1843.
Joseph Simpson.
Born 1824, son of Joseph Simpson, of Clapham, Surrey. Entered Eton, 1839; left 1843; Newcastle Medallist, 1843. Trinity College, Cambridge; Scholar, first-class Classics. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Became a Roman Catholic Priest.
30 x 25 inches. Painter uncertain.
Half-length, facing spectator; black coat and cravat.'
[Source: Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910, p.50]
The sitter was a pupil at Eton College from 1839 to 1843 and became a Newcastle Medallist in 1843.
Description
Content (person)
Simpson, Joseph, 1824 - ? (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 625mm
width (sight size): 625mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Date
c.1843
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.50, catalogue number 162)
