FDA-P.58-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.58-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Francis Basset
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in Van Dyck costume and lace collar
Comments
Sitter was at Eton from 1771 to 1774; afterwards Baron Dunstanville
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 925mm
width (frame): 800mm
depth (frame): 62mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 925mm
width (frame): 800mm
depth (frame): 62mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Artist)
Date
c.1776
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College in c.1774
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.18. no.23, Plate VI)
• Graves, A. & Cronin, W. V., A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1909 (p.60)
• Waterhouse, E.K., Reynolds, 1941 (p.65)
• Graves, A. & Cronin, W. V., A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1909 (p.60)
• Waterhouse, E.K., Reynolds, 1941 (p.65)
