FDA-P.391-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.391-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Felton Elwell Hervey
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of a young man, clean shaven, standing, wearing the uniform of 15th Light Dragoons
Comments
From Cust, Eton College Portraits, PLATE XXIX, catalogue number 66, page 29.
'Felton Elwell Hervey. Born 1782, eldest son of Felton Lionel Henry Hervey. Entered Eton, 1792; left 1799. Entered Army, 15th Light Dragoons; A.D.C. to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. Assumed the name of Bathurst, 1801. Created a Baronet as Sir Felton Hervey- Bathurst, 1818. Died 1819. 51 x 40 inches. Painted by THOMAS HEAPHY. To the knees, standing figure; in uniform of 15th Light Dragoons.'
'Felton Elwell Hervey. Born 1782, eldest son of Felton Lionel Henry Hervey. Entered Eton, 1792; left 1799. Entered Army, 15th Light Dragoons; A.D.C. to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. Assumed the name of Bathurst, 1801. Created a Baronet as Sir Felton Hervey- Bathurst, 1818. Died 1819. 51 x 40 inches. Painted by THOMAS HEAPHY. To the knees, standing figure; in uniform of 15th Light Dragoons.'
Description
Dimension note
51 x 40 inches
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Production
Person
Heaphy, Thomas, 1775 - 1835 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
