Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759-1801). Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723-1792 London). Dimensions: 93 3/4 x 57 1/4 in. (238.1 x 145.4 cm). Date: 1782.
Reynolds gave close attention to his portrait of George Kein Hayward Coussmaker, a lieutenant and captain in the first regiment of Foot Guards. No fewer than twenty-one appointments--and at least two more for the sitter's horse--are recorded between February 9 and April 16, 1782. The composition is complex and the whole vigorously painted.