FDA-P.9-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.9-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
William Young
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a young man, in a brown coat and waistcoat, his right hand tucked into his jacket
Comments
'Son of Sir William Young, first baronet, Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, and his second wife, Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of the Secretary of the Royal Society, Brook Taylor. At Oxford he is said to have shown considerable intellectual promise. In 1772 he travelled extensively in Italy and later published an account of his travels. Eton College Library possesses what is probably Young's own copy of this book, with manuscript changes.
[Source: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich catalogue, 1991, p.35, catalogue number 17]
Young served as a Member of Parliament for St. Mawes from 1784 until 1806 and for Buckinghamshire from 1806 until 1807. He was then made Govenor of Tobago, where he died.
Young was a prolific author. He wrote on the history of Athens, the corn trade (by way of a commentary on Adam Smith), the abolition slavery and the life of his grandfather, Brook Taylor. He also edited travel books and published a volume of verse in Barbados.'
Sitter was at Eton 1758-1768;
Later 2nd Baronet and Governor of Tobago.
[Source: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich catalogue, 1991, p.35, catalogue number 17]
Young served as a Member of Parliament for St. Mawes from 1784 until 1806 and for Buckinghamshire from 1806 until 1807. He was then made Govenor of Tobago, where he died.
Young was a prolific author. He wrote on the history of Athens, the corn trade (by way of a commentary on Adam Smith), the abolition slavery and the life of his grandfather, Brook Taylor. He also edited travel books and published a volume of verse in Barbados.'
Sitter was at Eton 1758-1768;
Later 2nd Baronet and Governor of Tobago.
Description
Content (person)
Young, William, 1749 - 1815 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 750mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 947mm
width (frame): 825mm
depth (frame): 60mm
width (sight size): 625mm
height (frame): 947mm
width (frame): 825mm
depth (frame): 60mm
Inscription
Gilt ID label on front of frame, with painted lettering: 'WILLIAM YOUNG. / b.1750? ETON.1758-1768. d.1815. / AFTERWARDS 2ND BARONET AND GOVERNOR OF TOBACO. / BENJAMIN WEST.'
Label on back of frame, with printed lettering: 'ACADEMY OF ARTS / EXHIBITION OF BRITISH ART, 1934 / Name of Artist [etc]'
Label on back of frame, with printed lettering: 'ACADEMY OF ARTS / EXHIBITION OF BRITISH ART, 1934 / Name of Artist [etc]'
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
Exhibited: 'Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860' (Winter Exhibition), Royal Academy, London, 6 January to 10 March 1934, catalogue number 312; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 23; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 17
Exhibited: 'Exhibition of British Art c.1000-1860' (Winter Exhibition), Royal Academy, London, 6 January to 10 March 1934, catalogue number 312; 'Eton Leaving Portraits', Tate Gallery, London, April to May 1951, catalogue number 23; 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, 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)
