138 Joshua Reynolds

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Description: George IV, Prince of Wales with a Black Servant

TitleGeorge IV, Prince of Wales with a Black Servant

Creator nameReynolds, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1787

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions212 x 146 cm

LocationArundel Castle, Arundel, England

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPortrait painting, Georgian (British)Portraits, BritishSocial status in artCourts and courtiers in artFamilies of royal descentBlack people in art

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11. The Prince of Wales at Somerset House

Mark Hallett

Reynolds: Portraiture in Action

~~In 1780, the Royal Academy moved into its first proper home. Over the previous decade, the institution’s annual...

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Mark Hallett

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.343-381

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00296.12

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Chapter subject tags:Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Somerset House (London, England)Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Portrait painting, British--18th century

Introduction: ‘This Great Mart of Genius’: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House, 1780–1836

David H. Solkin

Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836

AT THE FIRST ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION to be held in Somerset House, few works generated more curiosity than Johann Zoffany’s view of the Tribuna of the Uffizi (fig. 2), the opulent hexagonal gallery built to hold the...

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David H. Solkin

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.1-8

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00023.006

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Chapter subject tags:Painting, British--19th century--ExhibitionsSomerset House (London, England)Painting, British--18th century--ExhibitionsRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810

3. Court and City: Fantasies of Domination

David Bindman and Helen Weston

Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of...

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 3: The Eighteenth Century

Like other forms of luxury associated with court life and display, ownership of black pages and body servants became increasingly available...

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David Bindman and Helen Weston

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.125-170

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00142.009

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Chapter subject tags:Painting, British--18th centuryReynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Black people in art--Britain--18th centuryBlack people in art--France--18th centuryPainting, French--18th centuryPortrait painting, British--18th centuryPortrait painting, French--18th century

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