"Portrait of Eugene Horsfall Ertz", by Edward Ertz, 1913
Object Type
Artwork/Painting/Watercolour
Date Used
1913
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Object Detail
Brief Description
Watercolour painting of a young boy holding a cricket bat and ball. The boy is wearing buckle-up shoes, stockings, breeches and a blue jacket with brown belt and white necktie. These clothes are said to be the uniform of Christ's Hospital, known as the 'Bluecoat School', which is located near Horsham in Sussex. The artist has signed and dated the painting in the lower-left "E.Ertz, 1913". The painting is on off-white paper and mounted behind brown-grey card. Verso artwork handwritten in ink "Portrait of/ Eugene Horsfall Ertz/ Lamb A. Christ's Hospital / Edward Ertz R.B.A /Pulborough/Sussex"
Measurements
(mounted): H: 840 W: 570 D: 7mm (H: 33 1/16 W: 22 7/16 D: 1/4")
Media/Materials
Date Used
1913
Location
In storage
Registration No
M6538
Credit Line
Kindly donated to the Melbourne Cricket Club Museum by Mr Anthony Baer.
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