FDA-P.46-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.46-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. Charles Pelham
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half length portrait of a youn man, seated, slightly turned to the left; wearing a light grey coat, white waistcoat and cravat
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 755mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 1040mm
width (frame): 910mm
depth (frame): 80mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 1040mm
width (frame): 910mm
depth (frame): 80mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood, semi-Carlo Maratta frame (Hoppner type)
Production
Person
Hoppner, John (R. A.), 1758 - 1810 (Artist)
Date
c.1800
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 c.1800
Exhibited: 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 35; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 22
Exhibited: 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 35; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 22
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.28, no.62, Plate XXII)
• Mackay, W., and Roberts, W., John Hoppner, R.A., [A catalogue Raisonne, with sixty-four plates], 1909 (p.201)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.38, no.22)
• Mackay, W., and Roberts, W., John Hoppner, R.A., [A catalogue Raisonne, with sixty-four plates], 1909 (p.201)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.38, no.22)
