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FDA-P.41-2010

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Object number

FDA-P.41-2010

Object type

Identification

Title

Charles James Fox

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Half-length portrait of a young man, in a red coat and waistcoat, and a white stock, feigned oval

Comments

At Eton 1758-64

Description

Content (person)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 744mm
width (sight size): 620mm

Inscription

I.D. label on frame

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Carved gilt wood frame, elaborate carved corners

Production

Date

1762

History and association

Object history note

Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in 1762

Exhibited: Guelph exhibition, New Gallery, London, 1891 (catalogue number 122); Tate, catalogue no.2; Dulwich, catalogue no.5

References

• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.15, no.9, Plate I)
• Graves, A. & Cronin, W. V., A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1909 (p.331)
• Waterhouse, E.K., Reynolds, 1941 (p.54)
• Mannings, David, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings', published 2000 (Text volume, p.202, catalogue number 673)
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