FDA-P.363-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.363-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Thomas Smith
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (person)
Smith, Thomas (Sir), 1513 - 1577 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a black tunic and fur trimmed coat, after Hans Holbein
Dimensions
height (sight size): 730mm
width (sight size): 600mm
width (sight size): 600mm
Inscription
Frame inscribed in gold paint: 'CERNITUR EFFIGIES FACTIS VERA AT / PENCILLUS CORPORIS ATQUE / UMBRAE TANTUM SIMULACHRA REPONIT / LOVE AND FEARE AETATIS SUAE XXXIII'
Material
Millboard panel
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
Black and gold painted wood frame with inscription painted in gold around the edge
Style
British School 19th Century
Production
Person
Date
1856
History and association
Associated object
FDA-P.4-2010 (another copy)
FDA-E.1876:1-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:2-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:1-2015 (print after original painting)
FDA-E.1876:2-2015 (print after original painting)
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Lady Bowyer Smijth, of Thorpe Lee; by whom presented to Eton College
Exhibited: National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, London, 1866 (catalogue number 173)
Exhibited: National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, London, 1866 (catalogue number 173)
