Captain George K. H. Coussmaker by Joshua Reynolds - 1782 - 238.1 x 145.4 cm private collection Captain George K. H. Coussmaker by Joshua Reynolds - 1782 - 238.1 x 145.4 cm private collection

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker

oil on canvas • 238.1 x 145.4 cm
  • Joshua Reynolds - July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792 Joshua Reynolds 1782

Reynolds gave close attention to his portrait of George Kein Hayward Coussmaker, a lieutenant and captain in the first regiment of Foot Guards. No fewer than twenty-one appointments—and at least two more for the sitter's horse—are recorded between February 9 and April 16, 1782. The composition is complex and the whole vigorously painted.