FDA-P.373-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.373-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Dr George Heath, D.D.
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
A print after this painting, by J. Wright, was published in 1800.
The sitter was Head Master at Eton College from 1792 to 1802.
The sitter was Head Master at Eton College from 1792 to 1802.
Description
Content (person)
Heath, George, c. 1745 - ? (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in clerical robes
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Dimension note
30in. x 24½in
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved gilt semi-Lawrence frame
Production
Person
Hoppner, John (R.A.), 1758 - 1810 (Artist)
Date
c.1802
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1797 (catalogue number 447), as 'Portrait of the Master of Eaton'
References
• Mackay, W., and Roberts, W., John Hoppner, R.A., [A catalogue Raisonne, with sixty-four plates], 1909 (p.118)
