FDA-P.83-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.83-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Hon. George Augustus Frederick Holroyd
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Comments
I.D. label on frame
At Eton 1814-1818
Holroyd was styled Viscount Pevensey from 1816 to 1821.
Afterward Second Earl of Sheffield
At Eton 1814-1818
Holroyd was styled Viscount Pevensey from 1816 to 1821.
Afterward Second Earl of Sheffield
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a black coat and a white stock
Dimensions
height (sight size): 740mm
width (sight size): 615mm
width (sight size): 615mm
Inscription
Inscribed 'Lord Pevensey' and inscribed on the reverse 'G. Beechey'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Beechey, William (R. A.), 1753 - 1839 (Attributed to)
Date
c.1818
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.39, no.112, Plate XXVII)
