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
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
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, Royal Academy, London, 1934; '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, Royal Academy, London, 1934; '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)
