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FDA-P.58-2010

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Object number

FDA-P.58-2010

Object type

painting

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)

Basset, Baron de Dunstanville and first Baron Basset of Stratton, Francis, 1757 - 1835 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 620mm

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 at 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)
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