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Captain George K. H. Coussmaker

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Coussmaker sat for Reynolds 21 times and his horse 8 times between February 9 and April 16, 1782 - an exceptional number of times. Reynolds was paid 205 pounds, plus 10 guineas for the frame. The portrait remained with Coussmaker and his descendants until 1884 when it was sold to
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in 1776. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1778 and to captain in 1788, but never saw active service and retired in 1795. He married Catherine Southwell in 1790 and fathered two children, George and Sophia (later, the
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in 1920. Museum curators describe the picture as "an exceptionally fine work ... The composition is complex and the whole vigorously painted."
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George Keene Hayward Coussmaker was born in London in 1759 to Evert and Mary Coussmaker, and entered the military as an ensign in the
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238.1 cm × 145.4 cm (93.7 in × 57.2 in)
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This article about an eighteenth-century painting is a
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Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
oil on canvas
portrait
Joshua Reynolds
1st Regiment of Foot Guards
Baroness de Clifford
William K. Vanderbilt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met: Captain George K. H. Coussmaker
"No. 11642"
The London Gazette
"No. 11938"
"No. 12978"
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Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Robert Orme
Portrait of Margaret Desenfans
David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy
Portrait of John Burgoyne
Portrait of the Marquess of Rockingham
Portrait of Elizabeth Kerr
Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers
Portrait of Joseph Banks
Blinking Sam

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