FDA-Sc.27-2017
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.27-2017
Object type
Identification
Title
George Canning
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Sculpted bust of a man, with short hair, partially bald, clean shaven, in classical drapery
Comments
'Lord Canning has... presented the college with a bust of his father, which is... to be placed in the upper school.'
[Windsor and Eton Express, Saturday, 23 October 1841]
[Windsor and Eton Express, Saturday, 23 October 1841]
Other number
FDA-A.127-2010
Description
Content (person)
Canning, George, 1770 - 1827 (Sitter)
Dimension note
27in. high
Inscription
Lettered on the wall sconce that supports the bust: 'CANNING'
Material
marble
Production
Person
Chantrey, Francis Leggatt (Sir), 1781 - 1841 (Sculptor)
Date
Early 19th century
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by Charles John Canning (later 2nd Viscount Canning and 1st Earl Canning; son of the sitter; 1812–1862) in 1841
