FDA-P.395-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.395-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Eton from the River
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (sight size): 345mm
width (sight size): 450mm
height (frame): 450mm
width (frame): 550mm
depth (frame): 44mm
width (sight size): 450mm
height (frame): 450mm
width (frame): 550mm
depth (frame): 44mm
Inscription
I.D. label on recto of frame
Labels on verso of frame:
1) 'Given by A. K. I. Mackenzie-Charrington, London'
2) 2 entries from artist dictionaries pasted on back
3) Dealer's label 'William & Son, 2 Grafton's Street, London W1 no.23637'
Entry for Francis Stevens in M. H. Grant 'Dictionary of British Landscape Painters': 'was a pupil of P. S. Munn, painted views of various parts of England mainly in Watercolour with a few in oil. Some of his rural scenes engraved in 'Ackerman's Cottages and Farmhouses (1808-15)'. Also an accomplished etcher.'
Labels on verso of frame:
1) 'Given by A. K. I. Mackenzie-Charrington, London'
2) 2 entries from artist dictionaries pasted on back
3) Dealer's label 'William & Son, 2 Grafton's Street, London W1 no.23637'
Entry for Francis Stevens in M. H. Grant 'Dictionary of British Landscape Painters': 'was a pupil of P. S. Munn, painted views of various parts of England mainly in Watercolour with a few in oil. Some of his rural scenes engraved in 'Ackerman's Cottages and Farmhouses (1808-15)'. Also an accomplished etcher.'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Early 19th century gilt frame
Production
Person
Stevens, Francis, 1781 - 1823 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of A. K. I. MacKenzie-Charrington OE; by whom given to Eton College in April 1905
