FDA-P.7-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.7-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Dr Richard Allestree
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The sitter was Provost of Eton College from 1665 to 1681.
Description
Content (person)
Allestree, Richard (Dr) (Sitter)
Content (note)
Wearing clerical dress and a skull cap
Dimensions
height (sight size): 743mm
width (sight size): 610mm
height (frame): 932mm
width (frame): 806mm
depth (frame): 50mm
width (sight size): 610mm
height (frame): 932mm
width (frame): 806mm
depth (frame): 50mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame, possibly 19th century version of 17th century frame
Style
British School 17th Century
Production
Date
c.1681
History and association
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p. 66)
