Paintings: G0230

Title

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson

Technique

Oil on canvas

Subject

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston (Sir)

Artist

Harcourt, George RA

Dimensions

Height: 171cm
Width: 88cm

Inscription/signature

"George Harcourt" (black paint b. r.)

Provenance

Purchased for 100gns. From the artist's daughters, 1950

Other number

GCL 700

Exhibition history

1913 London, R.A. (880) 1919 London, R.S.P.P. (93) [possibly another picture?] 1950 London, "George Harcourt Memorial Exhibition"

Literature

Reproduced in the Souvenir for Forbes-Robertson's Farewell Performance at Drury Lane, 1913

Forbes-Robertson, standing almost full-length, wears a dark grey morning suit, with a waistcoat and a grey cravat.
He became a member of the Garrick Club in 1888.