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Joshua Reynolds: Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, 1763 (c)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Joshua Reynolds  (1723–1792)  wikidata:Q194402 s:en:Author:Joshua Reynolds q:en:Joshua Reynolds
 
Joshua Reynolds
Description British painter, writer and art collector
Date of birth/death 16 July 1723 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Plympton London
Work location
London, Plympton, Italy
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q194402
Title
Lieutenant-General John Manners, Marquess of Granby, 1763 (c)
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Caption from the museum's website

Hot-headed and known for his heavy drinking, the Marquess of Granby (1721-1770) also acquired a reputation for courage and leadership during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). He was given command of the British contingent after the Battle of Minden (1759), returning home to a hero's welcome in 1763. It was a testament to Granby's abilities that the first commission for a full-length portrait of him which Reynolds received was from Duc de Broglie, the French opponent whom Granby had defeated at the Battle of Vellingshausen (or Kirchdenkern), 1761.

As the eldest son of the 3rd Duke of Rutland, Granby had considerable advantages and started his career as the MP for Grantham. He was then commissioned as Colonel of the 'Leicester Blues', one of the controversial 'noble' short-service regiments raised to fight Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, in 1745. He became Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards in 1758, Master General of the Ordnance in 1763 and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in 1766.

Granby is shown here in his uniform as Master-General of the Ordnance, leaning on a 13-inch land service mortar, with troopers of the Royal Horse Guards riding towards a battle which rages in the distance.

Date 1773
date QS:P571,+1773-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 233.5 × 146.1 cm (91.9 × 57.5 in)
institution QS:P195,Q731616
Accession number
NAM. 1988-09-10
Object history purchased from Colnaghi with aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund, 1988
Notes cropped image
References

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1988-09-10-1

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-manners-17211770-marquess-of-granby-c-1763-182867
Source/Photographer http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/exhibitions/shortVisits/heroes/page6.shtml

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