FDA-P.69-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.69-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. Robert John Smith
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Comments
I.D. label on frame
At Eton 1805-11
Robert John Carington (né Smith), 2nd Baron Carrington (1796-1868), Politician; MP for Wendover, Buckinghamshire and Wycombe; son of 1st Baron Carrington.
At Eton 1805-11
Robert John Carington (né Smith), 2nd Baron Carrington (1796-1868), Politician; MP for Wendover, Buckinghamshire and Wycombe; son of 1st Baron Carrington.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a brown coat and white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Plain carved gilt frame
Production
Date
c.1811
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.36, no.97)
