FDA-P.72-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.72-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. John Robert Townshend
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
I.D. label on frame
At Eton 1816-1823
Afterwards Viscount Sydney
A version of this portrait is at Frognal, Foot's Cray.
At Eton 1816-1823
Afterwards Viscount Sydney
A version of this portrait is at Frognal, Foot's Cray.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a black coat, a yellow waistcoat and white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 745mm
width (sight size): 615mm
width (sight size): 615mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Hayter, George (Sir), 1792 - 1871 (Artist)
Date
1823
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.40, no.116, Plate XXXIX)
