FDA-P.59-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.59-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, face three-quarters to the left; in robes of the Order of the Thistle
Comments
This work is a copy after Sir Joshua Reynolds' spectacular full-length portrait of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle of 1769 (Tate collection).
Sitter was at Eton from 1756 to 1764; afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and K.G.
Sitter is described by Lionel Cust in his 1910 catalogue of the Eton portraits as 'Frederick, Viscount Morpeth'.
Sitter was at Eton from 1756 to 1764; afterwards Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and K.G.
Sitter is described by Lionel Cust in his 1910 catalogue of the Eton portraits as 'Frederick, Viscount Morpeth'.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 615mm
height (frame): 1014mm
width (frame): 886mm
depth (frame): 110mm
width (sight size): 615mm
height (frame): 1014mm
width (frame): 886mm
depth (frame): 110mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Date
c.1770
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.1770
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.15, no.8, Plate VI)
• Mannings, David, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings', published 2000 (Text volume, p.266, catalogue number 946a)
• Mannings, David, 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of His Paintings', published 2000 (Text volume, p.266, catalogue number 946a)
