FDA-P.586-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.586-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
The Barrett Children: Charles John, Arabella, George and Samuel
Four Moulton-Barrett Children
Four Moulton-Barrett Children
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
popular
popular
Description
Painted portrait of four young children
Comments
Artaud painted two versions of this picture, both now in the Eton College collection.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 1630mm
width (frame): 1330mm
depth (frame): 85mm
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
• Connoisseur, Vol 137, 1956 (p. 180)
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984 (p. 471, no. H1)
• Kelley, P. & Coley, B. (eds.), The Browning Collections: A Reconstruction, 1984 (p. 471, no. H1)
