George Romney (1734-1802)

Portrait of Colonel Wilson Braddyll (died 1818), standing full length, in a landscape, wearing the red uniform of the Yorkshire Yeomanry, his hand resting on the back of a horse, a dog nearby

细节

George Romney (1734-1802)
Romney, G.
Portrait of Colonel Wilson Braddyll (died 1818), standing full length, in a landscape, wearing the red uniform of the Yorkshire Yeomanry, his hand resting on the back of a horse, a dog nearby
oil on canvas
94 x 58in. (239 x 147cm.)

来源

The sitter, and by descent at Conishead Priory.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, Feb. 25, 1865, lot 99 (9gns. to Cox).
Edmund Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor.

出版

Lonsdale Magazine, June 30, 1822 (description of Conishead Priory and its contents).
H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, 1904, II, p. 17 'this is one of Mr. Romney's best productions'.

拍品专文

The sitter, Wilson Gale, of Conishead Priory, succeeded to the estate of his cousin, Thomas Braddyll and took the surname and arms of Braddyll in 1776. Sittings for this portrait are recorded from November 1780 to January 1781 and a payment of 70gns. was entered for the painting in 1780 (Ward and Roberts, op. cit.).

According to Ward and Roberts, the horse was painted by Sawrey Gilpin, P.S.A., R.A. (1733-1807) and 'is apt to steal the eye, being so exceedingly fine'.