Not on display

Portrait of a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal

Oil Painting
ca. 1873 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Whole-length portrait, standing to and looking to front, of a boy in red chorister's robes, trimmed with gold brocade.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
A boy chorister of the Chapel Royal. Oil painting by Richard Buckner, ca.1873.
Physical description
Whole-length portrait, standing to and looking to front, of a boy in red chorister's robes, trimmed with gold brocade.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 45.1cm
  • Approx. width: 29.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'R Buckner f' (Signed diagonally bottom right)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Claude D. Rotch
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 12-13
Collection
Accession number
P.30-1962

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Record createdJune 16, 2006
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