FDA-P.57-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.57-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Augustus Frederick Fitzgerald, 3rd Duke of Leinster
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in academic dress; to the waist, turned slightly to the left; face three-quarters to the right; in a nobleman's gown
Comments
Sitter was born in 1791; the son of William Robert, second Duke of Leinster. Succeeded his father as third Duke of Leinster, 1804. Entered Eton, 1805; left 1809. Christ Church, Oxford. Lord High Constable. P. C. Died 1874.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 705mm
width (sight size): 623mm
width (sight size): 623mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Gilt, deep carved wood
Production
Person
Northcote, James, 1746 - 1831 (Artist)
Date
1809-11
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College in c.1811
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (Page 35, No. 95, Plate XXXIX)
