FDA-P.90-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.90-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted, three-quarter length portrait of a standing man, wearing a black cape
Comments
‘Eton now possesses three portraits of Mr. Gladstone, the oldest by Bradley in the Provost’s lodge showing him as a young man…’
[Source: Bucks Herald, 12 June 1931]
The sitter was at Eton from 1821 to 1827. He later served four times as Prime Minister.
[Source: Bucks Herald, 12 June 1931]
The sitter was at Eton from 1821 to 1827. He later served four times as Prime Minister.
Description
Content (person)
Content (note)
Three-quarter-length in a black cloak and trousers by a pillar
Dimensions
height (sight size): 1205mm
width (sight size): 1000mm
width (sight size): 1000mm
Inscription
I.D. label on frame
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Bradley, William, 1801 - 1857 (Artist)
Date
1841
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Charles Waring in 1885
References
• Cust, L., Eton College Portraits, 1910 (p.62)
• McCormack, M., ed., Public Men: Masculinity and Politics in Modern Britain, New York, 2007 (Chapter 5: 'Politics, Portraiture and Power: Reassessing the Public Image of William Ewart Gladstrone', p.100, Fig.3)
• McCormack, M., ed., Public Men: Masculinity and Politics in Modern Britain, New York, 2007 (Chapter 5: 'Politics, Portraiture and Power: Reassessing the Public Image of William Ewart Gladstrone', p.100, Fig.3)
