SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, half-length, in uniform
Details
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. (Plympton 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, half-length, in uniform
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 in. (76.7 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 20 February 1920, lot 89 (609 gns. to Colnaghi).
with Knoedlers, New York, from whom purchased by
John Levy, New York.
Literature
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, 1865, III, pp. 985-968.
E.K. Waterhouse, Reynolds, London, 1955, p. 98.
D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, a complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven, 2000, p. 448, no. 1769 and pl. 582.
Lot Essay
Sittings are recorded in Waterhouse (op. cit.) for a 'Col. Trapaud', 1757-1760.