FDA-P.466-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.466-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
2nd Lieut. A.G. Swire
Description
Half length painted portrait of a young man in army uniform, facing the viewer
Comments
Copied by Russian artist Vasily Smirnov (born 1975) in 2006, from the original portrait by Edward Patry (1856-1940).
[Note: See file for a vignette on the sitter by the sitter's nephew.]
The sitter was in Booker's House, Eton, at the outbreak of the 1st World War. He took up his brother's commission in the Essex Yeomanry but died at Frezenberg Ridge near Potijze outside Ypres on May 13th 1915.
[Note: See file for a vignette on the sitter by the sitter's nephew.]
The sitter was in Booker's House, Eton, at the outbreak of the 1st World War. He took up his brother's commission in the Essex Yeomanry but died at Frezenberg Ridge near Potijze outside Ypres on May 13th 1915.
Description
Content (person)
Swire, Alexander Glen, 1896 - 1915 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 870mm
width (sight size): 675mm
width (sight size): 675mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Wood frame with gilt decoration
Production
Person
Date
2006
