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Object number

FDA-P.61-2010

Object type

painting

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

Henry de la Poer Beresford, styled Earl of Tyrone (1789–1800), became Member of Parliament for Londonderry County (1790–1801) and Coleraine (1798). As he left Eton, Head Master Jonathan Davies requested his Leaving Portrait. Artist William Beechey was paid 15 guineas, probably by Tyrone or his father, for this work in 1790. Beechey painted at least nine Eton Leaving Portraits, most in 1790. He was a successful and fashionable artist at that time. In 1794 he became a full member of the Royal Academy, received a knighthood and exhibited His Majesty Reviewing the Third Dragoon Guards, his most celebrated work.
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)

Beresford, Henry De La Poer, 1772 - 1826 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (sight size): 740mm
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

Beechey, William (R. A.), 1753 - 1839 (Artist)

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

References

• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (Page 24, No. 44, Plate XXVII)
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