Self-portrait: PD.179-1975

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Self-portrait

Maker(s)

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: Mrs John Richmond, daughter-in-law of George Richmond, R.A.; bought from her by Kerrison Preston; sale by the executors of Kerrison Preston, Sotheby's, 20 March 1974 (no.30), withdrawn

Legal notes

Allocated under the terms of settlement of death duties on the estate of the late Kerrison Preston (1884-1974).

Measurements and weight

Height: 40.9 cm
Width: 40.6 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (1975) by Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries

Dating

Production date: AD 1840

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Text: Geo. Richmond / Sketch of Himself / made on his return from Italy in 1840 / wax used in this
Location: Verso, canvas

References and bibliographic entries

Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 208

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.179-1975
Primary reference Number: 3815
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 10 May 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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