Sir John Edward Swinburne

1785

Thomas Gainsborough English, 1727-1788

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European: Grand Tour of Italy, Level 2, South Wing

Sir John Edward Swinburne: 1 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Title Sir John Edward Swinburne

Artwork Date 1785

Artist Thomas Gainsborough

Life Dates 1727-1788

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. English

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 26 3/8 × 23 inches (67 × 58.4 cm) Framed: 35 1/4 × 32 × 3 1/2 inches (89.5 × 81.3 × 8.9 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy in memory of her mother, Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 49.507

Markings

Marks Label: Portrait of Sir John Edward Swinburne (6th Baronet). Gainsborough painted 1785. Owner Sir John Swinburne, Bart. Capheaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, No. 14.

Provenance

until ca. 1928, Swinburne family (Capheaton, England);
1928, (Howard Young Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
Mrs. Byron C. Foy (New York, New York, USA);
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Waterhouse E. "Preliminary Checklist of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough." Walpole Society 33 (1953): p. 102.

Waterhouse, E. Gainsborough. London, 1958, no. 646, p. 91, pl. 254 (ill.).

Richardson, E.P. Bulletin of the DIA 30, no. 1 (1950-51) pp. 2-4 (ill.).

Bandes, Susan J. Pursuits and Pleasures: Baroque Paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Dennos Museum Center, Kalamazoo Art Museum, Kresge Art Museum, Muskegon Museum of Art. Battle Creek, 2003, pp. 20, 21 (ill.).

Belsey, H. "Gainsborough's Portrait of James, 8th Earl of Lauderdale." Cantor Arts Center Journal 6 (2008-2009): pp. 32 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Thomas Gainsborough, Sir John Edward Swinburne, 1785, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy in memory of her mother, Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, 49.507.