Not on display

Alexander Boyd (?)

Oil Painting
ca. 1845 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Carpenter, Margaret Sarah (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

Half-length portrait of a boy, turned to front and looking to left. The sitter is wearing a black high-collared coat and white cravat. In the left background is Eton College.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
Object type
Oil painting
TitleAlexander Boyd (?) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Oil Paint
Panel
Oil Painting
Brief description
Portrait of a boy, said to be Alexander Boyd, with Eton college in the background. Oil painting by Margaret Sarah Carpenter, ca.1845.
Physical description
Half-length portrait of a boy, turned to front and looking to left. The sitter is wearing a black high-collared coat and white cravat. In the left background is Eton College.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 25.4cm
  • Approx. width: 18.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Claude D. Rotch
Object history
The identity of the sitter is uncertain. Carpenter painted several Eton 'leaving' portraits, and this painting could correspond to two different portraits recorded in her account book. The identification is based on an old auction catalogue entry stuck on the back of the painting: ‘English School…181…A portrait of Alexander Boyd, Esq., in black coat on panel.
Bibliographic references
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 23
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.33-1962

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Record createdJune 29, 2006
Record URL
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