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拍品专文
The artist, one of twelve children, was the second son of Samuel Partridge (1746-1832) of Ross, Herefordshire, and his second wife, Catherine Stewart (d.1837). The present portrait, painted in the artist's studio at 21 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, shows the artist with members of his family. From top left to right they are believed to be: his brothers Stewart and Thomas, his father, Samuel, and his mother Catherine, his brother Samuel, sisters Catherine and Susan, his brothers William and Henry, his sister Mary, his brother Richard, the artist and his wife Clementina standing by the easel, and his siters Elisa and Isabella.
Richard Partridge, depicted seated with a book to the right of the painting, the seventh and youngest son, was born in 1805. He was a distinguished surgeon, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society, surgeon to Kings College Hospital, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy. Isabella Partridge, the eldest daughter, married Christopher Argyle Hoggins on 19 October 1821 at St. George's Hanover Square. Hoggins was admitted to the Middle Temple on 9 January 1818 and called to the Bar on 12 February 1830. Mary Partridge married John Rumsey of Beaconsfield. Eliza Partridge married Charles Winser, who was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 8 May 1829 and called to the Bar in 1838.
Born in Glasgow in 1790, the artist entered Thomas Phillips' studio in 1814. Phillips was considered to be one of the leading portraitists of the day and was a major influence on Partridge's early work. In 1823 Partridge travelled to Italy and on his return to England in 1827 he became a successful and prosperous portrait painter. He was appointed Portrait Painter Extraordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and HRH Prince Albert in 1843. His career was ruined by hostility and conflict, probably instigated by Ramsay Richard Reinagle, within the Royal Academy, and although he had exhibited there almost every year since 1815, he never exhibited there again after 1846.
Richard Partridge, depicted seated with a book to the right of the painting, the seventh and youngest son, was born in 1805. He was a distinguished surgeon, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society, surgeon to Kings College Hospital, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy. Isabella Partridge, the eldest daughter, married Christopher Argyle Hoggins on 19 October 1821 at St. George's Hanover Square. Hoggins was admitted to the Middle Temple on 9 January 1818 and called to the Bar on 12 February 1830. Mary Partridge married John Rumsey of Beaconsfield. Eliza Partridge married Charles Winser, who was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 8 May 1829 and called to the Bar in 1838.
Born in Glasgow in 1790, the artist entered Thomas Phillips' studio in 1814. Phillips was considered to be one of the leading portraitists of the day and was a major influence on Partridge's early work. In 1823 Partridge travelled to Italy and on his return to England in 1827 he became a successful and prosperous portrait painter. He was appointed Portrait Painter Extraordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and HRH Prince Albert in 1843. His career was ruined by hostility and conflict, probably instigated by Ramsay Richard Reinagle, within the Royal Academy, and although he had exhibited there almost every year since 1815, he never exhibited there again after 1846.