FDA-P.36-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.36-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hart [Hart] Davis
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, wearing a red coat trimmed with fur and a white stock
Comments
At Eton 1803-09
Later Commissioner of Excise, M.P.
Later Commissioner of Excise, M.P.
Description
Content (person)
Davis, Hart [Hart], 1792 - 1854 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Lawrence, Thomas (Sir), 1769 - 1830 (Artist)
Date
1809
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in 1809
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1815, catalgue no.276; Tate, catalogue no.17; Dulwich, catalogue no.29
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1815, catalgue no.276; Tate, catalogue no.17; Dulwich, catalogue no.29
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.35, no.93, Plate XXXV)
• Armstrong, Sir. W., Lawrence, Methuen, 1913 (p.126)
• Garlick, K., Sir Thomas Lawrence: a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Phaidon, 1989 (p.206, catalogue number 392)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.43)
• Armstrong, Sir. W., Lawrence, Methuen, 1913 (p.126)
• Garlick, K., Sir Thomas Lawrence: a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Phaidon, 1989 (p.206, catalogue number 392)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.43)
