FDA-P.99-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.99-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Anthony Morris Storer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length painted portrait of a young man
Comments
I.D. label on frame
Of Purley, Berkshire, 1746-1799
Of Purley, Berkshire, 1746-1799
Description
Content (person)
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 (Sitter)
Content (note)
Half-length, in a grey coat and a Commoner's gown
Dimensions
height (sight size): 670mm
width (sight size): 530mm
width (sight size): 530mm
Inscription
Signed and dated 'R. E. Pine, Pinx. 1767'
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730 - 1788 (Artist)
Date
1767
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Commissioned by the sitter or his family; by whom presented to the Head Master of Eton College
References
• Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leaving Portraits from Eton College, exhibition catalogue 1991 (p.30)
• Birley, R., ‘The Storer collection in Eton College library’, Book Collector, 5, 1956 (p.115-126)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library, 1990
• Birley, R., ‘The Storer collection in Eton College library’, Book Collector, 5, 1956 (p.115-126)
• Quarrie, P., Treasures of Eton College Library, 1990
