FDA-P.76-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.76-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
John Wickens
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Description
Content (person)
Wickens, John (Sir), 1815 - 1873 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length in a black coat and white waistcoat
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 620mm
width (sight size): 620mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'Margaret Carpenter 1833'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved Lawrence frame
Production
Person
Date
1833
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.43, no.129, Plate XL)
