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Portrait of a boy

Oil Painting
mid 19th century (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Half-length portrait of a young boy, turned slightly to right and looking to front, with a cloak thrown over his shoulder and resting his chin on his left hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePortrait of a boy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Portrait of a young boy. Oil painting by Richard Buckner, mid-19th century.
Physical description
Half-length portrait of a young boy, turned slightly to right and looking to front, with a cloak thrown over his shoulder and resting his chin on his left hand.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 43.2cm
  • Estimate width: 28cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson. Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'R Buckner f' (Signed diagonally by the artist, lower 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
Collection
Accession number
P.29-1962

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2006
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