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The Braddyll Family: PD.10-1955

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Current Location: Gallery 3

Titles

The Braddyll Family

Maker(s)

Painter: Reynolds, Joshua

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Notes

History note: Lt-Col. Thomas Richmond-Gale-Braddyll (1776-1862); his sale, Christie's, 23 May 1846 (44), bt. Bishop; W.J. Isbell, of Stonehouse; T. Pooly Smyth, of Plymouth, by 1857; Pooly Smyth sale, Christie's, 13 June 1859 (213), bt. in; Rev. W.C. Randoph; Lionel, 2nd Lord Rothschild (d. 1937), Tring Park, by 1899; his nephew, Nathaniel, 3rd Lord Rothschild; given by him to the Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees, sale at Christie's, 25 May 1939 (256), bt Gooden & Fox; bt. from Gooden & Fox, London, by E.E. Cook, 1939, who bequeathed his collection to the National Art Collections Fund, 1955

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From the Ernest Edward Cook collection.

Measurements and weight

Weight: 47 kg

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by National Art Collections Fund

Dating

1780s
Production date: AD 1789

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Frame Depth 11 cm Height 265.3 cm Width 173.5 cm
Canvas Height 238.1 cm Width 147.3 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: R.A., Old Masters, 1890, lent Rev. D.C. Randolph, Orford, Wickham Market (Yale House)
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Label
  • Text: Art Treasures, 1857, (endorsed in ink) Smyth N 1 (this was Manchester)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Printed with ink addition
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: exerpt from a sale catalogue

  • Text: Christie's, 25 May 1939, Lord Baldwin's Fund for refugees, presented by Lord Rothschild, no lot number. As from Braddyll coll., 1846; Manchester, 1857, no. 52; coll. T.P. Smyth; R.A., 1890, no. 124; coll. Rev. C.W. Randolph; G. and C., p. 111; Armstrong, p. 196
  • Location: Verso
  • Type: Supporting information

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.10-1955
Primary reference Number: 3805

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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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