FDA-P.409-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.409-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Byam Martin
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The sitter was born in 1783 and died in 1869. He was a pupil at Eton from 1794 to 1802 and later became Governor of Antigua.
Description
Content (person)
Martin, William Byam, 1783 - 1869 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Seated in red upholstered chiar
Dimensions
height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 615mm
height (frame): 1005mm
width (frame): 875mm
width (sight size): 615mm
height (frame): 1005mm
width (frame): 875mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved wood frame
Production
Date
c.1802
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (P. 30, No. 70)