Rt. Hon C Poulett Thompson MP

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Samuel William Reynolds was a painter and engraver. Despite publishing his first prints in the mid-1790s, he found himself in debt by 1800 and came to rely upon the financial help of Samuel Whitbread MP. It was under Whitbread’s patronage that Reynolds was able to broaden his interests to include painting, architecture and landscape design. He exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy and British Institution and was also a collector; owning a group of drawings by Thomas Girtin. In 1809 he visited France for the first time and he went on to exhibit engravings at the Paris Salon in 1810 and 1812. Reynolds also worked in Paris on occasion, where he found a market for his paintings of landscapes and cottage scenes.

People

Charles, Baron Sydenham Poulett-Thomson (1799 - 1841)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, 19th century costume, coat, Governor General of Canada, Member of Parliament, table cloth, curtain, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Samuel William Reynolds (1773 - 1835)
William, III Walker (1791 - 1867)

Title

Rt. Hon C Poulett Thompson MP

Date

published July 1833

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Presented by Mrs Barnes, April 1954

GAC number

2688