FDA-P.425-2012
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.425-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
William Waynflete
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This is one of three similar portraits of Waynflete in the Eton College Collections. A further version is in the collection of New College, University of Oxford.
Description
Content (person)
Waynflete, William, c.1395 - 1486 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half length holding book, with coat of arms upper right;
19th-century copy
19th-century copy
Dimensions
height (actual size): 480mm
width (actual size): 394mm
width (actual size): 394mm
Inscription
Paper label on verso, inscribed in pen & ink: 'William Patten, called Waynflete. / Born at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. / Educated at Winchester School & at Oxford. / 1st Provost of Eton, 1440. (Cassell.) / Provost of Eton, 1442. (Maunder.) / Bishop of Winchester, 1447. / Lord Chancellor, 1456-1460. / Founded Magdalen College, Oxford, 1456. / Died 11th August, 1486.'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Physical description
Painted and varnished wood frame with carved decoration
History and association
Associated object
Object history note
Exhibited: Austen Leigh Gallery, Eton College
