Philip Reinagle

Philip Reinagle was a British painter (1749–1833). He was born at Edinburgh and died at London.

Also recorded as Philip Renegals; Philip, Sen. Reinagle; Philip Renegale; Philip Reinagal; Philip Rienagle; A. R. A. Philip Reinagle.

Philip Reinagle in brief

Born
1749
Died
1833
Known for
painter
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Philip Renegals, Philip, Sen. Reinagle, Philip Renegale, Philip Reinagal and Philip Rienagle. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Joseph Reinagle. 4 children are recorded: Amelia Reinagle, Mary Reinagle, Charlotte Reinagle and Ramsay Richard Reinagle.

Formation and teaching

As a teacher, Philip Reinagle is recorded in connection with Robert Freebairn and Henry Howard. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

Recorded position is court painter. He belonged to Royal Academy of Arts. He worked at London, Norwich and England.

Recognition and collections

Work by Philip Reinagle is held by National Gallery of Victoria, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Städel Museum and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Identity

What the record establishes about Philip Reinagle.

Ellen Nicolls (1788–1815), née Worsey, and her daughter Sarah Nicolls (1809–1848), later Trafford, later Joule is dated 1814 and held by Dinefwr Castle Museum (inventory 869210). The Blue Passion Flower, for Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora (London, 1799–1812) is dated 1800 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1981.25.516). John Nicholson (1730–1796), a Cambridge Bookseller Known Universally as 'Maps' is dated 1788 and held by Cambridge University Library (inventory 1). Mrs John Patteson, née Elizabeth Staniforth (1760–1838) is catalogued and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : 1991.1.14 : F). John Patteson (1755–1833), Mayor of Norwich (1788) is dated 1781 and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.1 : F). Elizabeth Patteson, née Staniforth (1760–1838) is dated 1781 and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.2 : F).

Edward Trafford Nicolls (1783–1839), later Edward Trafford Trafford is dated 1814 and held by Dinefwr Castle Museum (inventory 869211). Charles Harvey (1757–1843), Later Charles Savill Onley is catalogued and held by Victoria and Albert Museum (inventory P.26-1962). Philip Reinagle is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain. Portrait of Mrs Congreve with her Children is dated 1782 and held by National Gallery of Ireland (inventory NGI.676). Adoration of the Magi (copy after Peter Paul Rubens) is catalogued and held by Saffron Walden Museum (inventory XL). Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog is dated 1805 and held by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (inventory 85.465).

An Otter Hunt is catalogued and held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/1198886bfddc1c38a9f8f078036d22bc. The Mountains of Vietri is catalogued and held by Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum (inventory BURGM:paoil95). Eagle and Vulture Disputing with a Hyena is dated 1801 and held by Royal Academy of Arts (inventory 03/828). Partridges in a Moorland Landscape is catalogued and held by Government Art Collection (inventory 4823). Lord Bentenck with Groom is catalogued and held by Philadelphia Museum of Art (inventory 1994-20-147). The Heron Shoot is catalogued and held by Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust (inventory VIS.3222).

Llanrwst bridge, north Wales is dated 1789 and held by National Library of Wales (inventory 1130516). Foliage, Flowers and Birds is dated 1796 and held by Shipley Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G1169). Cattle in the Hartz District is catalogued and held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery (inventory OP37). Spearing the Otter is dated 1805 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B2001.2.143). Robert Hooper (1773–1835) is dated 1813 and held by Royal College of Physicians (inventory X191). Joseph Boruwlaski (1739–1837) is dated 1788 and held by Hunterian Museum (inventory RCSSC/P 248).

Works and catalogued output

What Philip Reinagle produced.

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 40 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 1 work under this heading. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this heading.

Catalogued works

44 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1780 to 1819.

Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina. Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog, dated 1805, held by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, inventory 85.465. Lord Bentenck with Groom, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1994-20-147. The Blue Passion Flower, for Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora (London, 1799–1812), dated 1800, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1981.25.516. Spearing the Otter, dated 1805, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2001.2.143. Hare Coursing, dated 1810, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2009.16.4. Llanrwst bridge, north Wales, dated 1789, held by National Library of Wales, inventory 1130516. A Trout Stream, dated 1810, held by National Gallery, inventory L862. A Sportsman and his Dog, dated 1801, held by National Trust, inventory 515536. Parakeet with Grapes and Hollyhocks, dated 1801, held by National Trust, inventory 515544. Three Children Dressing Up, dated 1788, held by National Trust, inventory 446693. The Death of Nelson, dated 1810, held by National Gallery of Canada, inventory 119. Portrait of Mrs Congreve with her Children, dated 1782, held by National Gallery of Ireland, inventory NGI.676. Wakefield Bridge and Chantry Chapel, dated 1793. An Otter Hunt, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/1198886bfddc1c38a9f8f078036d22bc. John Patteson (1755–1833), Mayor of Norwich (1788), dated 1781, held by Norfolk Museums Collections, inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.1 : F. Elizabeth Patteson, née Staniforth (1760–1838), dated 1781, held by Norfolk Museums Collections, inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.2 : F. Joseph Boruwlaski (1739–1837), dated 1788, held by Hunterian Museum, inventory RCSSC/P 248. John Nicholson (1730–1796), a Cambridge Bookseller Known Universally as 'Maps', dated 1788, held by Cambridge University Library, inventory 1. The Shire Hall, Chelmsford, dated 1794, held by Museum of Chelmsford, inventory M28333. Foliage, Flowers and Birds, dated 1796, held by Shipley Art Gallery, inventory TWCMS : G1169. Harrier Killing a Bittern, dated 1797, held by Government Art Collection, inventory 6952. Edward Trafford Nicolls (1783–1839), later Edward Trafford Trafford, dated 1814, held by Dinefwr Castle Museum, inventory 869211. Robert Hooper (1773–1835), dated 1813, held by Royal College of Physicians, inventory X191. Ellen Nicolls (1788–1815), née Worsey, and her daughter Sarah Nicolls (1809–1848), later Trafford, later Joule, dated 1814, held by Dinefwr Castle Museum, inventory 869210. Landscape, dated 1819, held by Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory 480-1903. Charles Harvey (1757–1843), Later Charles Savill Onley, held by Victoria and Albert Museum, inventory P.26-1962. The Mountains of Vietri, held by Towneley Hall Art Gallery And Museum, inventory BURGM:paoil95. Partridges in a Moorland Landscape, held by Government Art Collection, inventory 4823. The Heron Shoot, held by Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, inventory VIS.3222. Mrs John Patteson, née Elizabeth Staniforth (1760–1838), held by Norfolk Museums Collections, inventory NWHCM : 1991.1.14 : F. Eagle and Vulture Disputing with a Hyena, dated 1801, held by Royal Academy of Arts, inventory 03/828. Cattle in the Hartz District, held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery, inventory OP37. River Scene with Figures, held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery, inventory OP73. Charles Harvey, MP for Norwich (b.1756). Landscape with Cows, held by Wolverhampton Art Gallery, inventory OP2. Adoration of the Magi (copy after Peter Paul Rubens), held by Saffron Walden Museum, inventory XL. Members of the Carrow Abbey, dated 1780, held by Tate Britain. A Moorhen, a Gull, a Scarlet Macaw and Red-Rumped a Cacique by a Stream in a Landscape. Birds of Prey, Goats and a Wolf, in a Landscape. Pesadillas terroríficas, vampirismo y metefísica. Album of Sketches, dated 1800/50, bound album of 24 graphite drawings, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1944.1445. The Temple of Flora; or Garden of Nature: The Queen Flower, dated 1812, etching and aquatint hand-colored with watercolor, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1953.436. Aylmer Bourke Lambert: portrait and vignette of deer in a clearing. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1805, after J. Russell, and by J. Landseer, 1805, after P. Reinagle., dated 1805, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.

Yale Center for British Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Trust: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Norfolk Museums Collections: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wolverhampton Art Gallery: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Government Art Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Dinefwr Castle Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Victoria and Albert Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Philadelphia Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Library of Wales: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Reinagle, Philip, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Reinagle, Philip, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Reinagle, Philip (1749–1833), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Robert Freebairn and Henry Howard are recorded as having studied under Philip Reinagle. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.

Places of work recorded in the authority are London and Norwich. Residence is recorded at England. Positions recorded include court painter. Membership is recorded of Royal Academy of Arts.

Work by Philip Reinagle is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Städel Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Tate.

Chronology

  1. 1749Philip Reinagle born at Edinburgh.
  2. 1749Philip Reinagle was born in 1749 at Edinburgh.
  3. 1755John Patteson (1755–1833), Mayor of Norwich (1788) is dated 1781 and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.1 : F).
  4. 1757Charles Harvey (1757–1843), Later Charles Savill Onley is catalogued and held by Victoria and Albert Museum (inventory P.26-1962).
  5. 1760Mrs John Patteson, née Elizabeth Staniforth (1760–1838) is catalogued and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : 1991.1.14 : F).
  6. 1760Elizabeth Patteson, née Staniforth (1760–1838) is dated 1781 and held by Norfolk Museums Collections (inventory NWHCM : L1984.15.2 : F).
  7. 1773Robert Hooper (1773–1835) is dated 1813 and held by Royal College of Physicians (inventory X191).
  8. 1782Portrait of Mrs Congreve with her Children is dated 1782 and held by National Gallery of Ireland (inventory NGI.676).
  9. 1783Edward Trafford Nicolls (1783–1839), later Edward Trafford Trafford is dated 1814 and held by Dinefwr Castle Museum (inventory 869211).
  10. 1788Ellen Nicolls (1788–1815), née Worsey, and her daughter Sarah Nicolls (1809–1848), later Trafford, later Joule is dated 1814 and held by Dinefwr Castle Museum (inventory 869210).
  11. 1789Llanrwst bridge, north Wales is dated 1789 and held by National Library of Wales (inventory 1130516).
  12. 1796Foliage, Flowers and Birds is dated 1796 and held by Shipley Art Gallery (inventory TWCMS : G1169).
  13. 1799The Blue Passion Flower, for Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora (London, 1799–1812) is dated 1800 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1981.25.516).
  14. 1800The Blue Passion Flower, for Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora (London, 1799–1812) (Yale Center for British Art).
  15. 1801Eagle and Vulture Disputing with a Hyena is dated 1801 and held by Royal Academy of Arts (inventory 03/828).
  16. 1805Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog is dated 1805 and held by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (inventory 85.465).
  17. 1805Spearing the Otter is dated 1805 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B2001.2.143).
  18. 1805Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).
  19. 1805Spearing the Otter (Yale Center for British Art).
  20. 1810Hare Coursing (Yale Center for British Art).
  21. 1833Philip Reinagle died at London.
  22. 1833Philip Reinagle died in 1833 at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Philip Reinagle (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Reinagle, George Philip (1802–1835), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Reinagle, George Philip, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Reinagle, Philip (1749–1833), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Reinagle, Philip, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Reinagle, Philip, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under Philip Reinagle as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Philip Reinagle.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Philip Reinagle.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Philip Reinagle.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2086404: Philip Reinagle

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Philip Reinagle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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