FDA-P.82-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.82-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Rt Hon. William Ewart
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Comments
I.D. label on frame
At Eton 1811-17
Afterwards M.P. for Liverpool
At Eton 1811-17
Afterwards M.P. for Liverpool
Description
Content (person)
Ewart, William (), 1798 - 1869 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a black coat and a white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 905mm
height (sight size): 700mm
height (sight size): 700mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Elaborate carved gilt Lawrence frame
Production
Date
c.1820
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: Dulwich, catalogue no. 42
Exhibited: Dulwich, catalogue no. 42
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.38, no.108)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.50)
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.50)
