Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby
| Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby | |
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| Artist | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| Year | 1781 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 148.6 cm × 207.6 cm (58.5 in × 81.7 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Portrait of Sir Brooke Boothby is 1781 portrait painting by the British artist Joseph Wright of Derby. It depicts the English landowner Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet.[1][2] It is unusual in portraiture of the era in being set outdoors and with Boothby shown laying vertically. He is depicted in a wooded glade and holding a book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Swiss writer he was a huge admirer of.[3]
It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1781 at Somerset House. Today the painting is in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico having been acquired in 1925.[4]
References
- ^ Zonneveld p.127
- ^ Brewer p.174
- ^ Burke p.102
- ^ http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wright-sir-brooke-boothby-n04132
Bibliography
- Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Routledge, 2013.
- Burke, Peter. Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence. Reaktion Books, 2006.
- Zonneveld, Sjaak. Sir Brooke Boothby: Rousseau's Roving Baronet Friend. De Nieuwe Haagsche, 2003.