FDA-P.363-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.363-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Sir Thomas Smith
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a man wearing a black tunic and fur trimmed coat
Description
Content (person)
Smith, Thomas (Sir), 1513 - 1577 (Sitter)
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'
I.D. label on upper edge of frame
Label on reverse: 'Sir Thomas Smith, Ex(?) Provost of Eton'
Handwritten label on back: 'Presented to Eton College / by the Dow.r Lady Bowyer Smijth / of Thorpe Lee. / Portrait of Sir Thomas Smijth K.nt / Provost of the College in the Reign of / Queen Elizabeth. / From an original Picture by Hans Holbein. / in the possession of Sir William Bowyer Smijth / Bar.t of Hill Hall, near Epping, Essex. / Copied by Paul Fischer. London 1856. / (: 4 Upper Spring Street, Portman Square :)'
I.D. label on upper edge of frame
Label on reverse: 'Sir Thomas Smith, Ex(?) Provost of Eton'
Handwritten label on back: 'Presented to Eton College / by the Dow.r Lady Bowyer Smijth / of Thorpe Lee. / Portrait of Sir Thomas Smijth K.nt / Provost of the College in the Reign of / Queen Elizabeth. / From an original Picture by Hans Holbein. / in the possession of Sir William Bowyer Smijth / Bar.t of Hill Hall, near Epping, Essex. / Copied by Paul Fischer. London 1856. / (: 4 Upper Spring Street, Portman Square :)'
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 Letitia Cicely (née Weyland) Dowager Lady Bowyer-Smijth (1786-1868) of Thorpe Lee; by whom presented to Eton College in c.1856
Exhibited: National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, London, 1866, catalogue number 173
Exhibited: National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, London, 1866, catalogue number 173
