Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 2 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
In his advanced years, William Ewart Gladstone, the great British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister, frequently sat for portraits and for photographs, many of which are discussed by T. Wemyss Reid in "Mr. Gladstone and his Portraits," The Magazine of Art, London, September 23, 1890. Herbert shows him bust-length, turned slightly to the right, wearing a black frock coat and waistcoat, white shirt with raised collar and black knotted stock. He is seated in a red chair against a dark green ground. The artist's inscription notes that the picture was executed at the subject's residence, Hawarden Castle, near Chester.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18913
label
Portrait of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone (1809-1898)
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
18913
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone (1809-1898)
description
In his advanced years, William Ewart Gladstone, the great British statesman who served four times as Prime Minister, frequently sat for portraits and for photographs, many of which are discussed by T. Wemyss Reid in "Mr. Gladstone and his Portraits," The Magazine of Art, London, September 23, 1890. Herbert shows him bust-length, turned slightly to the right, wearing a black frock coat and waistcoat, white shirt with raised collar and black knotted stock. He is seated in a red chair against a dark green ground. The artist's inscription notes that the picture was executed at the subject's residence, Hawarden Castle, near Chester.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
portraits
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
67.5
height
51.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 26 9/16 x W: 20 1/4 in. (67.5 x 51.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: J. R. Herbert R. A.; [Inscription] Lower right: Sittings at Hawarden; [Number] On stretcher: no. 23486; [Number] On frame: no. 830
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
4240
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
5a53b1e7392176f2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
11c5f5778fa0061c
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no