FDA-P.538-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.538-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Private Business at D.H. Macindoe's
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted view of a seated man, surrounded by young men/boys
Comments
This painting is a rare example of an Eton subject by Oliver Thomas, painted while he was a member of the teaching staff at the Drawing Schools, Eton College. It shows one of Eton's more informal activities known as 'private business', a theme which allows the artist to explore an apparently accidental grouping of boys attending David Macindoe's reading.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 598mm
width (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 750mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Wooden frame, stained pale green
Production
Person
Thomas, Oliver Charles, 1919 - 2010 (Artist)
Date
1956
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Angus Macindoe (son of OE David Henry Macindoe, cricketer, Vice Provost of Eton College); by whom presented to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Oliver Thomas 1919 - 2010: Commemorative Exhibition', Drawing Schools, Eton College, 25 February to 18 March 2012
Exhibited: 'Oliver Thomas 1919 - 2010: Commemorative Exhibition', Drawing Schools, Eton College, 25 February to 18 March 2012
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