John Hoppner (artist) British, 1758 - 1810 The Hoppner Children, 1791 oil on canvas overall: 152.5 x 127 cm (60 1/16 x 50 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.35

From the Tour: British and American Grand Manner Portraits of the 1700s
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Provenance

The artist's wife [d. 1827]; bequeathed to her eldest son, Catherine Hampden Hoppner; bequeathed to his brother, Richard Belgrave Hoppner [d. 1872]; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 25 March 1893, no. 358, as The Hoppner Children); (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London); sold to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[1] purchased 1893 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] M. Knoedler & Co. stock books, recorded by The Getty Provenance Index.

Associated Names

• Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
• Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
• Hoppner, Catherine Hampden
• Hoppner, John, Mrs.
• Hoppner, Richard Belgrave
• Knoedler & Company, M.
• Widener, Joseph E.
• Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

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