A184: Sir Thomas William Holburne
View larger photo
© The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath
| Museum number | A184 |
| Title | Sir Thomas William Holburne |
| Additional title | Pencil drawing of Sir Thomas William Holburne in Milan, 1824 |
| Object type | In category: Pictures » Drawing |
| Date | 15- 6- 1824 |
| People |
Unknown - Artist(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Northern Italy » Lombardy » Milan |
| Condition |
Good |
| Dimensions |
13.0 cm height image size 11.5 cm width image size 20.1 cm height support 17.8 cm width support 55.9 cm height mount 40.6 cm width mount |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Pictures: Medium » Pencil/ graphite/plumbago Pictures: Support » Paper |
| Description | Head and shoulders portrait of a young man, body facing slightly to the left, head facing forward, eyes looking to right. In high collar with black stock, pale waistcoat, dark coat. | |||||||||
| Marks and inscriptions |
|
|||||||||
| Subject |
Portrait |
|||||||||
| Notes | This pencil drawing of Sir William Holburne was made during his travels in Italy in 1824. In 1815 he had retired from the Navy, and five years later he inherited his father's title. By 1824, aged thirty-one, he therefore had both the means and the leisure to take an eighteen-month tour of the continent. This drawing gives an idea of William's appearance and character when he arrived in Milan in June 1824. In his 1887 catalogue of the collection, Chaffers lists this drawing, no.1610, as 'Pencil drawing, a portrait of Sir T.W. Holburne, 15th June 1824'. |
|||||||||
| Literature |
Philippa Bishop, Holburne Museum of Art: Souvenir Guidebook, Bath 1999, ill. p. 5 Lisa White, 'A Collector of Distinction: Sir William Holburne (1793-1874)' in Apollo, pp.46-54, Sept 2003, p.49 and n. |
|||||||||
| Muse theme | The Art of Collecting |
|||||||||
| Muse chapter |
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » The Founder: Sir William Holburne of Menstrie (1793-1874)
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » Establishing taste: Sir William' s Grand Tour, 1824-5 The History of the Holburne Collection » The Collection » Works on Paper |
|||||||||
| Method of acquisition | Bequest | |||||||||
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne (1793-1874); by whom bequeathed to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882); by whom bequeathed to the Museum |
