FDA-P.381-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.381-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Edward Impey
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quater length portrait of a man, seated by a table
Comments
Edward Impey (d.1946) was a boy at Eton; Assistant Master 1884.1-1913.3; House Master 1889.3 to 1913.3. He was master of 2 Common Lane 1889.3-1891.3; Coleridge House 1892.1-1894.3; Jourdelay's 1895.1-1899.2; Cotton Hall House 1899.3-1907.2; Walpole House 1907.3-1913.3. In total, he served as a master at Eton for 29 years.
Description
Content (person)
Impey, Edward, c. 1860 - 1946 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 970mm
width (sight size): 820mm
width (sight size): 820mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved gilt wood frame
Production
Person
Orpen, Sir William, 1878 - 1931 (Artist)
Date
c. 1908
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of the sitter; by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: Society of British Artists, New Gallery, 1908, no.74 Grafton Gallery, 1912, no.54
Exhibited: Society of British Artists, New Gallery, 1908, no.74 Grafton Gallery, 1912, no.54
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