COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
TFC_.Reynolds.43-1-149
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Reynolds, Joshua
Creator Nationality:
European; British
Creator Dates/Places:
1723-1792
Creator Name-CRT:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Title:
General John Burgoyne
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
probably 1766
Creation Start Date:
1766
Creation End Date:
1766
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas (lined)
Dimensions:
50 x 39 7/8 in. (127 x 101.3 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Frick Collection
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
43.1.149
Credit Line:
Purchased
Context:
Best remembered as the British commander who in 1777 surrendered to American forces at Saratoga, John Burgoyne (1722-92) was also known in his day as a dandy, gambler, actor, amateur playwright, and Member of Parliament. This portrait may have been commissioned by his senior officer, Count La Lippe, as a memento of their Portuguese campaign of 1762. It is presumably the portrait that resulted from a sitting by General Burgoyne noted in Reynolds' ledger for May of 1766; Burgoyne's uniform is that of the Sixteenth Light Dragoons as it was worn until that month. The composition, with the dashing figure silhouetted before a low horizon and cloudy sky, was to become a classic type in Romantic portraiture.
Related Document Description:
New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.90-94, p.91 (reproduced).
Related Image Identifier Link:
TFC_.reynolds.43-1-149.tif
