Detail View: The AMICA Library: General John Burgoyne
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AMICA ID:
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TFC_.Reynolds.43-1-149
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Reynolds, Joshua
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1723-1792
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Title:
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General John Burgoyne
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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probably 1766
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Creation Start Date:
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1766
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Creation End Date:
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1766
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas (lined)
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Dimensions:
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50 x 39 7/8 in. (127 x 101.3 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Frick Collection
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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43.1.149
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Credit Line:
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Purchased
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Document Description:
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New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.90-94, p.91 (reproduced).
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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TFC_.reynolds.43-1-149.tif
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