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Amy Emily Sarah Fitzroy,
ca. 1858
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871; born and died London, England
y1993-32
The subject of this portrait, set within an oval frame, is a seated young woman wearing a gray dress. Hayter specialized in portraiture and created large works, some of which included several hundred individual likenesses. He studied at the Royal Academy but was never admitted, possibly because he lived with a woman who was not his wife. Queen Victoria so appreciated Hayter's talent, however, that she appointed him her Principal Painter in Ordinary (a title awarded to a number of artists, mainly portraitists) in 1841 and knighted him the following year.
Information
Title
Amy Emily Sarah Fitzroy
Dates
ca. 1858
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
77 x 64 cm (30 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
frame: 36 × 31 × 5.6 cm (14 3/16 × 12 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Forbes Magazine Collection: Malcolm S. Forbes, Class of 1941, Malcolm S. Forbes Jr., Class of 1970, and Christopher C. Forbes, Class of 1972
Object Number
y1993-32
Place Made
Europe, England
Culture
Type
Subject
Anon. sale: Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., London, July 20, 1979, lot 142. Fine Art Society, London (Agents). The Forbes Magazine Collection; 1993 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.
- Ann V. Gunn, "Sir George Hayter, Victorian history painting, and a religious controversy," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 2-32., p. 22, fig. 21
- "Sir George Hayter, "Latimer Preaching at Paul's Cross" and "The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer": paintings and related studies in the collection of the Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 36-45., p. 38
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 46-95., p. 55 (illus.)
