FDA-P.585-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.585-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
The Barrett Children: Elizabeth Aged 12, with her Eldest Brother and her Sister Henrietta
Three Moulton-Barrett Children
Three Moulton-Barrett Children
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
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Description
Painted portrait of two young girls and one young boy
Comments
Artaud painted two versions of this picture, both are now in the Eton College Collection.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 1630mm
width: 1360mm
width (frame): 1330mm
depth (frame): 85mm
width: 1360mm
width (frame): 1330mm
depth (frame): 85mm
Material
oil paint
canvas
canvas
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Production
Person
Artaud, William, 1763 - 1823 (Artist)
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Painted for Elizabeth Moulton (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's grandmother); by descent to Mary Altham, Babbacombe, Devon; by whom presented to Eton College
References
• Huxley, L. (ed.), Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Letters to her sister, Vol II (frontispiece), 1890 (p. 69)
• Ormond, R., Early Victorian Portraits, 1974 (p. 471, no. H3)
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984
• Ormond, R., Early Victorian Portraits, 1974 (p. 471, no. H3)
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984
