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Description: | Sir Armine Wodehouse (1714-77) was the 5th Baronet. He was a Colonel in the East Norfolk Militia and M.P. for Norfolk from 1737-68 but held no regular commission in the Army. He completed the house at Kimberley and commissioned 'Capability' Brown to landscape the park in 1762. Shown wearing military uniform in a landscape that is set in the outskirts of Norfolk, he gestures to the background in which is the castle and cathedral and his regiment on parade. Morier, a Swiss artist, came to England in 1743. He is best known for small, full-length portraits of military commanders before a battle or review. He painted an extensive series of portraits of soldiers in the uniforms of the British and Allied Armies for the Duke of Cumberland, whose service he was in. | Subjects: | portrait (Wodehouse Sir Armine); figure; landscape; military and war; place (Norfolk Castle and Cathedral); animal (horse; dog) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Morier, David (Swiss painter, 1705-1770) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8592... | Go to resource |
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