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Edwin Landseer , English, 1802-1873

Title

Members of the Sheridan Family

Date1847

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions

107 x 166 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 1874

Object numberNGI.139

DescriptionThis portrait depicts Charles Kinnaird Sheridan, his sister-in-law Marcia Maria Sheridan and her infant son. Sheridan was the grandson of the Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A member of the Diplomatic service, he died from tuberculosis in the British Embassy in Paris in 1847, aged thirty.

In this portrait Sheridan sits in an invalid’s chair wearing a robe and slippers. The painting is sketchy in execution and melancholy in mood. Landseer did not manage to complete it by the time Sheridan died.
ProvenancePurchased, Chritsie's, London, 1874, Artist's sale, lot 122Exhibition HistoryLondon, 1874

Sir Edwin Landseer, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 24 October 1981 - 2 January 1982; The Tate Gallery, London, 9 February 1982 - 11 April 1982

Lines of Vision. Irish Writers at the National Gallery of Ireland, 8 October 2014 —12 April 2015

Label TextThis portrait depicts Charles Kinnaird Sheridan, his sister-in-law Marcia Maria Sheridan and her infant son. Sheridan was the grandson of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A member of the Diplomatic Service, he died from tuberculosis in the British Embassy in Paris, aged thirty. Landseer depicted him convalescing in an invalid’s chair, wearing a robe and slippers. The painting is sketchy in execution and melancholy in mood. The artist did not manage to complete it before Sheridan died.