George Arnold: 21

Current Location: In storage

Titles

George Arnold

Maker(s)

Entities

Painting

Notes

History note: George Arnold, of Ashby Lodge, Northamptonshire; descended to his great-great-grand-daughters, Georgeana Coape (d. 1849); sale by Phillips (of London) at Ashby Lodge, 20-2 April, 1845 (133), bt. Rev. J.W. Arnold, D.D.

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1865.

Measurements and weight

Height: 90.5 cm
Width: 70.8 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Arnold, James William

Dating

1738 - 1740

Note

Said to have been painted when Hogarth was on a visit to Ashby Lodge, the home of George Arnold and his daughter, Frances (see no. 24).

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil paint

Components of the work

Supprot composed of canvas

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Oil on canvas

References and bibliographic entries

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 96
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge page(s): 79
The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 98
Hogarth
The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey
Hogarth and his place in European art
[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 64
L' opera completa di Hogarth, pittore
Hogarth, his life, art and times, Vol. 1
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 108-109
George Beare: A New Masterpiece page(s): 18
The Georgians page(s): 85

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 21
Primary reference Number: 3373
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 4 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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