# Sir Thomas Rumbold, Bt., in 18th-century Britain

Joshua Reynolds painted this in 1788, aged 65. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1788
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 126.7 × 101.3 cm (49 7/8 × 39 7/8 in.); Framed: 149 × 123.2 × 8.3 cm (58 5/8 × 48 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.1202
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Joshua Reynolds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/joshua-reynolds), English, 1723–1792

Reynolds trained in London under Thomas Hudson, then spent two years in Italy studying the old masters, an experience that shaped his ambition to raise portraiture to the dignity of history painting.

5 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Joshua Reynolds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/joshua-reynolds?hang=750) (5 works)
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- [The 18th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18?hang=750) (347 works)

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