Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), Admiral
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c.1765
Painting by Benjamin Wilson, half length in captain's uniform. Engraved R. Earlom 1779 lettered Admiral of the Blue; anon. 1779 (bust-length oval). Wilson knew the sitter's brother Daines Barrington.
c.1770
Painting by Nathaniel Dance, half length in captain’s uniform (National Maritime Museum BHC 2533).
1779
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, half length in flag officer’s full dress uniform. National Maritime Museum (BHC 2534; D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2000, I, no.120). Engraved R. Earlom 1780; S. W. Reynolds; J. Chapman 1801; H. T. Ryall. Replicas were painted for officers serving under him and D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2000, I, (nos.120a-120g) recorded seven versions, including those at Somerley; in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow; the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tenn.; Reading Museum, Reading, Pa., and sold Sotheby’s, 17 January 1985, lot 5 (from the St Louis City Art Museum). An unattributed oval miniature copy, dated 1796, sold Christie’s, 26 June 1980, lot 53, and a miniature enamel copy by I. H. Hurter exhibited SKM 1865 (91) lent Lord Cremorne.
1785
Painting by Gilbert Stuart, half-length oval in admiral’s undress uniform. Exhibited RA 1785 (127). Engraved F. Bartolozzi 1812. Autograph versions at Saltram and with J. H. Morgan, Farmington, in 1937 (illus. L. Park, Gilbert Stuart, 1926, III, p 37). A miniature version by Philip Jean, showing slight differences in the uniform, was engraved J. Collyer 1790.
c.1785
Unattributed painting, see NPG 740.
before 1787
Chalk drawing by Thomas Lawrence. Bath period (listed by W. Armstrong, Lawrence, 1913, p 178).
1788
Painting by Mather Brown, exhibited RA 1788 (220).
c.1790
Painting by J. S. Copley, see NPG 5519.
Doubtful Portrait
Gilbert Stuart’s three-quarter length portrait of Isaac Barré was sold as Admiral Barrington by Hoppner, Christie’s, 19 July 1912, lot 109 (L. Park, Gilbert Stuart, 1926, I, no.53).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
Painting by Benjamin Wilson, half length in captain's uniform. Engraved R. Earlom 1779 lettered Admiral of the Blue; anon. 1779 (bust-length oval). Wilson knew the sitter's brother Daines Barrington.
c.1770
Painting by Nathaniel Dance, half length in captain’s uniform (National Maritime Museum BHC 2533).
1779
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, half length in flag officer’s full dress uniform. National Maritime Museum (BHC 2534; D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2000, I, no.120). Engraved R. Earlom 1780; S. W. Reynolds; J. Chapman 1801; H. T. Ryall. Replicas were painted for officers serving under him and D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 2000, I, (nos.120a-120g) recorded seven versions, including those at Somerley; in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow; the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tenn.; Reading Museum, Reading, Pa., and sold Sotheby’s, 17 January 1985, lot 5 (from the St Louis City Art Museum). An unattributed oval miniature copy, dated 1796, sold Christie’s, 26 June 1980, lot 53, and a miniature enamel copy by I. H. Hurter exhibited SKM 1865 (91) lent Lord Cremorne.
1785
Painting by Gilbert Stuart, half-length oval in admiral’s undress uniform. Exhibited RA 1785 (127). Engraved F. Bartolozzi 1812. Autograph versions at Saltram and with J. H. Morgan, Farmington, in 1937 (illus. L. Park, Gilbert Stuart, 1926, III, p 37). A miniature version by Philip Jean, showing slight differences in the uniform, was engraved J. Collyer 1790.
c.1785
Unattributed painting, see NPG 740.
before 1787
Chalk drawing by Thomas Lawrence. Bath period (listed by W. Armstrong, Lawrence, 1913, p 178).
1788
Painting by Mather Brown, exhibited RA 1788 (220).
c.1790
Painting by J. S. Copley, see NPG 5519.
Doubtful Portrait
Gilbert Stuart’s three-quarter length portrait of Isaac Barré was sold as Admiral Barrington by Hoppner, Christie’s, 19 July 1912, lot 109 (L. Park, Gilbert Stuart, 1926, I, no.53).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.