His uncle, the Hon. John Brodrick, was ‘probably a trustee for the marriage settlement of his niece Frances Anne Brodrick and her husband Inigo Thomas, who claimed as owner’. (UCL Department of History, ‘Hon. John Brodrick’, in UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership [online], London 2020, <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1299> accessed 23 June 2021.)
George Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton
1806 - 1848
This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.
Slavery connections
Abolition connections
No known connections with abolition.
National Gallery painting connections
Former owner: NG purchased from Brodrick in 1851: NG221.
Bibliography
History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://www.oxforddnb.com/
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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Paintings previously owned by George Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton
This is one of three self portraits Rembrandt made just before his death in 1669. About 80 survive from his 40-year career, far more than any other artist of his time. He painted them for different reasons – to practise different expressions, to experiment with lighting effects, and also to sell...
Two couples recline outdoors in a mountainous landscape – one lies gazing into each other’s eyes, the other embraces. Cupid kneels on the grass clutching his bow and looks at us. A lizard scuttles down the dark tree trunk and a goat – almost hidden in the shadows – nibbles some foliage.The painti...
Not on display