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
Comments
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
1840
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)
