FDA-P.386-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.386-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry Fetherstonhaugh
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Another version of this portrait is at Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex (National Trust).
The sitter was a boy at Eton from 1766 to 1772. He was afterwards 2nd Baronet.
The sitter was a boy at Eton from 1766 to 1772. He was afterwards 2nd Baronet.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a red academic gown, holding a book
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, Carlo Maratta frame
Production
Person
West, Benjamin, 1738 - 1820 (Artist)
Date
c.1772
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
Exhibited: Tate, catalogue no.25
Exhibited: Tate, catalogue no.25
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.18, no.15, Plate VIII)
• Effra, H. von, and A. Stanley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, Yale, 1986 (p.506, no.617)
• Effra, H. von, and A. Stanley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, Yale, 1986 (p.506, no.617)
