FDA-P.401-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.401-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
W.E. Gladstone
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half length portrait of a man with grey hair, seated, leaning on a desk
Comments
'Eton... possesses three portraits of Mr. Gladstone...[including this work] in the corridor of the memorial building [School Hall], painted in 1897 by Malcolm Stewart from photographs and other studies and given by the late Earl of Rosebery....'
[Bucks Herald, Friday, 12 June 1931, p.12]
[Bucks Herald, Friday, 12 June 1931, p.12]
Other number
Chalk number "710" on back of frame
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three quarter length, seated with arm on desk and holding quill
Dimensions
height (sight size): 890mm
width (sight size): mm
width (sight size): mm
Inscription
Signed and dated lower right 'Malcolm Stewart WSA 1897'
Chalk number '710' on verso of frame
Chalk number '710' on verso of frame
Physical description
Historic plan wood gilt frame
Production
Person
Stewart, Malcolm, 1829 - 1916 (Artist)
Date
c. 1897
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929)
