FDA-P.387-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.387-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Stephen Weston
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The sitter was Lower Master at Eton College from 1690 to 1707 and Bishop of Exeter from 1724 to 1742.
Description
Content (person)
Weston, Stephen, 1666 - 1742 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length, in clerical dress, seated holding a book
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1243mm
width (sight size): 995mm
height (frame): 1433mm
height (frame): 1624mm
width (frame): 1198mm
depth (frame): 50mm
depth (frame): 225mm
depth (frame): 129mm
width (sight size): 995mm
height (frame): 1433mm
height (frame): 1624mm
width (frame): 1198mm
depth (frame): 50mm
depth (frame): 225mm
depth (frame): 129mm
Dimension note
134 x 100 cms; 50 x 40 ins
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gold frame surmounted by Bishop’s mitre
Production
Person
Hudson, Thomas, 1701 - 1779 (Artist)
Date
c.1707
History and association
Associated object
FDA-E.653-2013 (print after original painting)
Associated person
Weston, Stephen, 1666 - 1742 (Sitter)
Object history note
Provenance: Purchased by Eton College in 1983
For further information, see Eton College Archives COLL/CC/4/38/70 and COLL/CC/10/1967-1991, 19 Mar 1983 and 11 February 1984
For further information, see Eton College Archives COLL/CC/4/38/70 and COLL/CC/10/1967-1991, 19 Mar 1983 and 11 February 1984
References
• The English Episcopal Portrait 1559-1835











