FDA-P.74-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.74-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Robert Snow
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Description
Content (person)
Snow, Robert, 1806 - 1854 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a red velvet jacket, blue cloak and a white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 610mm
width (sight size): 610mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Date
1825
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: London, Royal Academy, 1825, catalogue no.284; Dulwich, catalogue no.30
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1825, catalogue no.284; Dulwich, catalogue no.30
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.40, no.118, Plate XXXII)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.43)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.43)
