FDA-P.41-2010

Object number

FDA-P.41-2010

Object type

painting

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

Content (person)

Fox, Charles James, 1749 - 1806 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 744mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 980mm
width (frame): 856mm
depth (frame): 61mm

Inscription

I.D. label on frame

Materials & techniques note

Oil on canvas

Physical description

Carved gilt wood frame, elaborate carved corners

Person

Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Artist)

Date

1762

Object history note

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

Exhibited: 'Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph' (Hanover Exhibition), New Gallery, London, 1890-1891, catalogue number 122; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 2; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 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)