Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (1734-94) c.1764-70
Oil on canvas | 75.0 x 91.2 x 1.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404110
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David Morier (1705?-70)
Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (1734-94) c.1764-70
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Morier was a Swiss military and sporting painter who started working for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65) in 1747, when he painted a series of pictures of troops under his command. From 1752 until 1764 he was employed as ‘limner’ (painter) to the Duke on an annual salary of £100; his name also appears regularly in Royal accounts from 1764 to 1767. In the mid-1760 he also executed a series of horse pictures for the sitter of this portrait, who was said to be 'horse mad' and published in 1761 a 'Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride'. The Earl of Pembroke is shown here in 1764 when he was made Colonel of the Ist Royal Dragoons, which uniform he wears, with a black tricorn hat. There are troops practicing in the middle distance.
Provenance
Purchased in 1812 by George IV from the clockmaker, Benjamin Louis Vulliamy (1780-1854); listed in store at Carlton House in 1816 (no 439) and 1819 (no 445); taken to the King's (Royal) Lodge at Windsor in 1823; in Windsor Castle in 1858 (Room 331)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
75.0 x 91.2 x 1.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
91.0 x 106.8 x 5.7 cm (frame, external)