FDA-P.422-2011
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.422-2011
Object type
Identification
Title
Thomas Assheton Smith
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a black coat, white shirt and neck tie, with powdered hair
Comments
'Born 1776, son of Thomas Assheton Smith. Entered Eton, 1783 ; left 1794. Christ Church, Oxford. Of Tedworth, Hants, and Vaynol, Carnarvon. M.P. A noted cricketer and sportsman. Died 1858.'
[Notes on the sitter from: Lionel Cust, Eton College Portraits, London, 1910, p.25, catalogue number 49]
ID label on frame
At Eton 1788-1795
[Notes on the sitter from: Lionel Cust, Eton College Portraits, London, 1910, p.25, catalogue number 49]
ID label on frame
At Eton 1788-1795
Description
Content (person)
Assheton Smith, Thomas, 1776 - 1858 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Production
Person
Date
c.1795
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
