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Death of Cardinal Beaufort
Joshua Reynoldsc.1787
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
"The subject was taken from Shakespeare's Henry VI part 2, 3, III, where the King, Salisbury and Warwick witness the Cardinal's death. This is probably Reynolds's early version of the subject, which he later repeated on a larger scale and in upright format in 1788 (Petworth House, Sussex).
The illustration is taken from an old photograph before the painting was destroyed in the 1944 bombing."
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Details
- Title: Death of Cardinal Beaufort
- Creator Lifespan: 1723 - 1792
- Date: c.1787
- Physical Dimensions: w1660 x h1340 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Notes: Possibly:Thomas Holcroft; his sale, London, Christie's, 29 Apr. 1803, lot 64 ('Cardinal Beauford, the Original Sketch'). Bt Nixon for £13.2 (Bt in); London, Farebrother, Thomas Holcroft sale, 9 Feb. 1804, lot 45 ('Sir J. Reynolds-Cardinal Beaufort, the original sketch, with variations). Handwritten Note on CIL copy of catalogue '6 ft. 4' [i.e. 6 feet x 4]. ?Bt in; London, Squibb, Thomas Holcroft sale, 16 Feb. 1807, lot 68 ('Sir Joshua Reynolds-First Sketch of the Death of Cardinal Beaufort, and varying from the Picture which Sir Joshua painted for the Shakespear Gallery. -- A fine example of the Freedom and Force with which he expressed his first Thoughts'). Gs9. Handwritten note on CIL copy of catalogue 54 [i.e. 5 x 4]. ? Bt in.
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Artist: Reynolds, Sir Joshua
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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