FDA-P.505-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.505-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
The Barrett Children: Elizabeth aged 12, with her Eldest Brother and her Sister Henrietta
Edward, Henrietta and Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett
Three Moulton-Barrett Children
Edward, Henrietta and Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett
Three Moulton-Barrett Children
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
assigned by cataloguer
popular
assigned by cataloguer
popular
Description
Painted group portrait, showing three children and a bird in flight
Comments
Artaud painted two versions of this picture. Both are now in the Eton College Collection.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1392mm
width (sight size): 1105mm
height (frame): 1654mm
width (frame): 1364mm
depth (frame): 80mm
width (sight size): 1105mm
height (frame): 1654mm
width (frame): 1364mm
depth (frame): 80mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Production
Person
Artaud, William, 1763 - 1823 (Artist)
Date
1818
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Painted for the father of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (EBB); by descent; presented to Eton College in 2010-12 by Nadia Mouton-Barrett (wife of Ronald Moulton-Barrett, born 15-01-1906, grandson of EBB's brother, Octavius Butler Barrett Moulton-Barrett (1824-1910)
Previous ownership
Moulton-Barrett, Nadia, c. 1920 - 2010: Bequeathed to Eton, 2010
References
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984 (H4)
