FDA-P.61-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.61-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Henry De La Poer Beresford
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, face three-quarters to the right; bluish-grey coat, white stock, powdered hair
Comments
b. 1772 second son of George, first Marquess of Waterford. Entered Eton 1785, as Lord Le Poer; left 1790 as Earl of Tyrone. Christ Church, Oxford. M. P., K. P. Succeeded his father as second Marquess of Waterford, 1800. d. 1826
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 910mm
width (frame): 780mm
width (sight size): 620mm
height (frame): 910mm
width (frame): 780mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Plain wood moulding with oval aperture
Production
Person
Date
1790
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.1790
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
Exhibited: 'New Faces: Unexhibited Portraits from Eton's Boarding Houses', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 27 April to 23 September 2019
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (Page 24, No. 44, Plate XXVII)
