By accessing the Birmingham Museum of Art’s website and image gallery, you agree to the Museum’s Terms of Use and any additional terms listed below.
Open Content Program
The Birmingham Museum of art makes available digital images of works in the Museum’s collection believed to be in the public domain. Images are available free of charge for any use, commercial or non-commercial. Users do not need to contact the Museum for authorization to use these images. They are available through the Online Collection at artsbma.org/collection. See detailed instructions for specific work types below.
Identifying Open Content Images
The mission of the Birmingham Museum of Art is to spark the creativity, imagination, and liveliness of Birmingham by connecting all its citizens to the experience, meaning, and joy of art. The Museum understands that by sharing images of works online without restrictions, the BMA collection becomes more accessible to a larger audience.
For objects with images the rights status is displayed in the “credit line” section of the object information. The rights status or rights holder will be indicated. If the work is in the public domain and/or the image may be downloaded, the download icon will appear in the bottom right corner of the image area. To search the collection click here.
Works With Restrictions
For copyright-protected images that have been approved by copyright holders, a presentation-sized image is available, but can not be downloaded. A copyright statement clearly listing the name of the copyright holder is visible in the credit line area when the image is displayed. Thumbnail-sized images of copyrighted works are displayed under fair use.
When the owner of a work is impossible to determine or contact, the work is deemed an orphan work. The Museum will make thumbnails of orphan works available. If you are the representative or rights holder of an orphan work, please contact Rights and Reproductions.
Credit/Citations
Please use the following source credit when reproducing an Open Content image: Courtesy Birmingham Museum of Art, followed by the credit line provided in the object description.
Although there are no restrictions or conditions of the use of an Open Content image, the BMA would appreciate a gratis copy of any scholarly publication(s) in which the images are reproduced in order to maintain collection bibliography. Copies may be sent to the attention of:
Open Content Program
Digital Media Department
The Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35203
Disclaimer
- If an image is not available under Open Content it may be because the work is still under copyright, the work is not owned by the museum, or the work has not yet been photographed to BMA standards.
- Request Images: If an image of a work is not available online or is under copyright, you may submit a request through our online request form. You may also request files in additional sizes or formats. A fee will be charged for this service.
- Our determination of public domain is made in good faith.
- Electronic records are based on historical information and may not be the Museum’s complete or current knowledge about an object. Research is ongoing.
- The ‘On View’ status may be delayed on the website by 24 hours. Please check with our Rights and Registration Office to confirm that a work of art will be on view before traveling to the Museum.
- For additional details and additional terms of use, please see the Birmingham Museum of Art’s Terms of Use Page
- Titles Wilson Gale-Braddyll (1756-1818) (Proper)@Wilson Gale-Braddyll (1756-1818) (Label Display)
- Artist George Romney, British, born 1734 - died 1802, Kendal, Cumbria
- Medium oil on canvas
- Dimensions 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm) frame: 37 3/8 × 32 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (94.9 × 81.9 × 6.4 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Martee Woodward Webb, 1959.119
- Work Type painting
- Classification Paintings
- Signature Unsigned
- Marks None
- Inscription Verso, top stretcher bar, upper left, black marker: B.M.A. 59.119 Verso, top stretcher bar, center left, black marker: 16514 Verso, top stretcher bar, center, typed label: JAMES BOURLET & SONS, Ltd., / Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers. / 34493 / 17 & 18, Nassau Street, / MORTIMER STREET. W. / [ripped] Museum 1871 Verso, right stretcher bar, upper right, graphite: 717/6 Verso, right stretcher bar, upper right, black crayon: 48 Verso, bottom stretcher bar, center left, typed label: GEORGE ROMNEY (1734-1802.) / 44. Wilson Braddyll. / Painted in 1776 / Wilson Gale, of Conishead Priory, succeeded to the estate of his cousin, Thomas Braddyll, and took the surname and arms of Braddyll, August 15, 1776; he was made Groom of the Bedchamber to His Majesty, Colonel of the 3rd Royal Lancastershire or Princess's Own Regiment of Militia and died i 1818. / Collections: T. R. G. Braddyll; / Herbert Braddyll, Eastcourt, Oxton, Cheshire; / Walter Lippincott, Philadelphia. / See: H. Ward and W. Roberts, "Romney," 1904, p. 17, / No. 1. / Canvas, 30 x 25 inches. Verso, bottom stretcher bar, center, typed label: Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd. / No. 19798 / BY APPOINTMENT / TO THE LATE KING GEORGE VI / London, / 43, Old Bond Street, Piccadilly. W. Verso, horizontal strainer, center, typed label: [coat of arms’ COGNOLIES TOY MESS[ripped] / T. R. G. Braddyll Verso, vertical strainer, upper center, black marker on sticker: Romney Verso, vertical strainer, upper center, black crayon: (7830) Verso, vertical strainer, upper center, black ink on sticker: Wilson Braddyl
- Provenance T.R.G. Braddyll [see note 1]; inherited by Herbert Braddyll, Eastcourt, Oxton, Cheshire; with dealer Wallis & Son, about 1907; with dealer Knoedler & Co., New York, July 27, 1926; purchased by Daniel H. Farr, New York, December 16, 1926 [see note 1]. Dealer Howard Young Galleries, New York, about 1930. Walter Lippincott, Philadelphia [see note 3]. Auctioned at Parke-Bernet, New York, December 10, 1958, lot 48; purchased by dealer Newhouse Galleries; purchased by dealer Agnew & Sons; purchased by Marthee Woodward Webb (1907-2000), Birmingham, Alabama; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1959
1. Label on verso bears their name and a coat of arms.
2. Knoedler stock book 7, page 119, row 5, stock no. 16514.
3. Name provided by Agnews & Sons exhibition label on verso.