File:Reynolds, Sir Joshua - An Officer on Horseback - Google Art Project.jpg
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Joshua Reynolds: An Officer on Horseback
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An Officer on Horseback |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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equestrian portrait  |
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| Date | 1760s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas Oil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 772 mm (30.39 in); width: 641 mm (25.23 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
333 |
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| Object history |
London, Greenwood's, Sir Joshua Reynolds sale, 14 Apr. 1796, lot 49 ('general on horseback, a sketch') or lot 52 ('A sketch, of a general on horseback'). Both bt Bourgeois; London, Noel Desenfans and/or Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1796-1807: London, Skinner and Dyke, Desenfans sale, 18 Mar. 1802, lot 151 (Descriptive Catalogue, no. 187: 'A General Officer [This portrait is asserted by some to be that of Lord Albermarle, by others of Lord Ligonier: we leave the decision to those who have known them. The scene is a field of battle, which the General enters, mounted on a fiery white steed, richly caparisoned with blue velvet, edged with gold; it's heroic rider appears to direct his course towards a warm engagement of cavalry, at a distance; he is in armour, his sword at his side, and his batoon in his hand] [2 3/4 h x 2 w] Sold, £20.7 (Bt in); London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811; 1813 inv., no. 127 ('Reynolds, An Officer (Military) on Horseback'). |
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| Source/Photographer | AgEsPFY9meMe6w at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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