FDA-P.71-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.71-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
James Gylby Lonsdale
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (person)
Lonsdale, James Gylby, 1816 - 1892 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a black coat, a brown waistcoat and a black stock.
Artist mistakenly given as Lonsdale in 'Eton Leaving Portraits' (1910) catalogue by Lionel Cust. See relevant letter in College Archives.
Artist mistakenly given as Lonsdale in 'Eton Leaving Portraits' (1910) catalogue by Lionel Cust. See relevant letter in College Archives.
Dimensions
height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Patten, George, 1801 - 1865 (Artist)
Date
c.1835
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master at Eton College
Exhibited: Tate (49)
Exhibited: Tate (49)
References
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.45)
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.43, no.131)
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.43, no.131)
