FDA-P.512-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.512-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Alfred Edward Conybeare
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
For most of the life of Alfred Conybeare (known as ‘Cony’) Eton was home. He arrived as a boy, aged 13. After three years as an undergraduate at Cambridge, he served successively as Assistant Master, House Master, Head of Maths, Lower Master and Vice Provost. Cony was a familiar figure to generations of boys and staff, distinctive in his earlier years for his vivid red hair.
Portrait and still life painter Leonard Appelbee was among the 60 artists commissioned to produce large paintings for the 1951 Festival of Britain. His career ended prematurely after he broke his leg in a boating accident in 1977, which prevented him from standing at an easel.
Portrait and still life painter Leonard Appelbee was among the 60 artists commissioned to produce large paintings for the 1951 Festival of Britain. His career ended prematurely after he broke his leg in a boating accident in 1977, which prevented him from standing at an easel.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 490mm
width (sight size): 390mm
height (frame): 730mm
width (frame): 625mm
width (sight size): 390mm
height (frame): 730mm
width (frame): 625mm
Inscription
Signed and dated, lower right: 'LA 49'
Label on verso: 'A.E. Conybeare by Leonard Applebee ARA 1949'
Label on verso: 'A.E. Conybeare by Leonard Applebee ARA 1949'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Grey and gold painted wood frame with linen fillet
Production
Person
Appelbee, Leonard (A.R.A), 1914 - ? (Artist)
Date
1949
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
