Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Title:
Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bt., in the Uniform of the Yorkshire (North Riding) Militia
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in paint, lower right: "J. Northcote [pinxit?] 178[?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.493
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
knight (landholder) | soldier | army | militia | hilt | gold braid | sword | uniform | portrait
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
British Art at Yale, Apollo, vol.105, April 1977, pp. 250-251, fig. 28, N1 .A54 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 174-175, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 54-55, 56, fig. 49, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)

David H. Solkin, Art on the Line : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2001, Foldout No. 6, N5054 A78 2001B (YCBA)

Ellis Waterhouse, An Impressive Panorama of British Portraiture, Apollo, v. 105, no. 182, April 1977, pp. 250-1, fig. 28, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another copy of this article may be found in a separately bound and catalogued copy of this issue located on the Mellon Shelf [call number : N5220 M552 A7 1977 + (YCBA)]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:977