FDA-P.62-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.62-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Francis Rous
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, seated, in Speaker's Robes, holding a mace and volume
Comments
'Provost Rous, the great Puritan who suceeded [Richard Steward (1639–1644)], bequeathed his portrait to the Dining Room, where he held prayer meetings, sometimes three hours long.'
[See: 'Eton College Portraits', Eton College Chronicle, No.1304, Thursday, 17 February 1910, p.645]
Sitter was Provost of Eton College 1644-1653; Speaker of the House of Commons 1653
[See: 'Eton College Portraits', Eton College Chronicle, No.1304, Thursday, 17 February 1910, p.645]
Sitter was Provost of Eton College 1644-1653; Speaker of the House of Commons 1653
Description
Content (person)
Rous, Francis, 1579 - 1659 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1250mm
width (sight size): 1010mm
width (sight size): 1010mm
Inscription
Inscribed on painting 'hic anima faciem chernes, ub corporis illic. Ao 1653 aetat: 74'
Volume seen within painting is inscribed 'Mysticall Marriage'
I.D. label on frame
Volume seen within painting is inscribed 'Mysticall Marriage'
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Date
1653
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Bequeathed to Eton College by the sitter
Exhibition history: National Portrait exhibition, South Kensington, 1866 (catalogue no. 793)
Exhibition history: National Portrait exhibition, South Kensington, 1866 (catalogue no. 793)
References
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (p.86)
