FDA-E.103-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.103-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
George Bridges Brudenell: 'Mr Brudenell'
Thomas Brudenell
Thomas Brudenell
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Previous title
Previous title
Comments
This portrait has been commonly identified as James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan (1725-1811). Alternatively, within 'A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds' by A. Graves and W.V. Cronin (volume I, 1899, p.117) it is identified as Thomas Brudenell, 'Lieut-Col. of the 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards', after a portrait painted in 1757.
In fact, the work bears a striking resemblance to a 1764/70 Reynolds portrait of George Bridges Brudenell (c.1726-1801), who served as MP for Rutland and Stamford (sold through Dreweatts 1759, Newbury, on 6 April 2016, Lot 30).
Reynolds' sitters book does include two earlier payments against George Bridges Brudenell's name, with the note 'Mr. G. Brudnell [sic] for M. Paunsfort' (Edward Pauncefort was an agent for Brudenell properties). It has been suggested that the entry references a portrait of Pauncefort but perhaps it describes a now untraced portrait of G.B. Brudenell, after which this print was made.
[See: Mannings, D., 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: A complete Catalogue of his Paintings', 2000, Text volume, p.108, catalogue number 263]
In fact, the work bears a striking resemblance to a 1764/70 Reynolds portrait of George Bridges Brudenell (c.1726-1801), who served as MP for Rutland and Stamford (sold through Dreweatts 1759, Newbury, on 6 April 2016, Lot 30).
Reynolds' sitters book does include two earlier payments against George Bridges Brudenell's name, with the note 'Mr. G. Brudnell [sic] for M. Paunsfort' (Edward Pauncefort was an agent for Brudenell properties). It has been suggested that the entry references a portrait of Pauncefort but perhaps it describes a now untraced portrait of G.B. Brudenell, after which this print was made.
[See: Mannings, D., 'Sir Joshua Reynolds: A complete Catalogue of his Paintings', 2000, Text volume, p.108, catalogue number 263]
Other number
N STO 4
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 228mm
width (actual size): 164mm
width (actual size): 164mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Mr. Brudenell proof'
Inscribed on reverse in pencil 'Thomas Brudenell Portfolio 1 Bought 1904'
Inscribed on reverse in pencil 'Thomas Brudenell Portfolio 1 Bought 1904'
Materials & techniques note
Mezzotint
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Publisher)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Engraver)
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773 - 1835 (Publisher)
Date
10/1821
History and association
References
• O'Donoghue, F., Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol.I, The British Museum, 1912 (p. 266)
