FDA-P.568-2016
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.568-2016
Object type
Identification
Title
Young Man with a Cello
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Full-length portrait of a seated young man, with a cello and music stand
Comments
This small (14 x 11 inches) oil-on-panel portrait probably depicts a former Eton boy, as a student of King’s College, Cambridge. It shows the young man in a musical and scholarly environment; seated within an interior, in front of a music stand. A cello leans against a large bookcase behind the figure and through the window can be seen a church, seemingly the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
The artist is Edmund Bristow. Born in 1787 at Clewer, Bristow was the son of a heraldic painter. He had no formal art training but received commissions from significant patrons, including the Duke of Clarence (later William IV). Bristow’s paintings, generally small in scale, include still lifes and portraits of Eton characters, as well as animal and genre scenes.
The artist is Edmund Bristow. Born in 1787 at Clewer, Bristow was the son of a heraldic painter. He had no formal art training but received commissions from significant patrons, including the Duke of Clarence (later William IV). Bristow’s paintings, generally small in scale, include still lifes and portraits of Eton characters, as well as animal and genre scenes.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 355mm
width (actual size): 298mm
width (actual size): 298mm
Inscription
Fragment of a newspaper clipping attached to verso of panel, with lettering: '[...]AY, FEBRUARY 15, 1876. / [...]HE DEATH of Mr. Edward Bristow, the cel- / [...]ed animal and landscape painter, is announced. / [...]ter [...]ng illness, at the advanced age of ninety.'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on panel
Production
Person
Bristow, Edmund, 1787 - 1876 (Artist)
Date
19th century
