Frederick Henry Snow Pendleton

Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1837

Height:

16.9 cm  (6 5/8 in.)

Width:

13.3 cm  (5 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Description

Half-length portrait of Frederick Henry Snow Pendleton, an English musician who Brown befriended in Ghent. Pendleton is depicted in a tight-fitting double-breasted black coat over a white shirt with frilled front and a black stock around his neck. He is holding a violin in his left hand. His upper body faces left and his head is turned slightly to face the viewer in three-quarter view. Behind him are a tree trunk and a loosely painted background of trees and sky to the right.

People as subjects

Pendleton, Frederick Henry Snow (1818 – 1888) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5525

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