FDA-P.9-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.9-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Young
Leaving Portrait
Leaving Portrait
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
series
series
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a brown coat and waistcoat, his right hand tucked into his jacket
Comments
Sitter was at Eton 1758-1768;
Later 2nd Baronet and Governor of Tobago.
Later 2nd Baronet and Governor of Tobago.
Description
Content (person)
Young, William, 1749 - 1815 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 625mm
width (sight size): 625mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame with lettering
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Date
c.1768
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented by the sitter or his family in c.1768
Exhibition history: Tate, catalogue number23; Dulwich, catalogue number 17
Exhibition history: Tate, catalogue number23; Dulwich, catalogue number 17
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910; (p.16, no.12, Plate VIII)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (fig.91)
• McConnell, ed., Treasures of Eton, London, 1976 (fig.91)
