The Yorke Family

c. 1775

Daniel Gardner

Artist, British, 1750 - 1805

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache, pastel paste, and pastel with graphite and possibly black chalk on prepared paper mounted to canvas (on a wooden stretcher)

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 92 × 70.4 cm (36 1/4 × 27 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.142.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Agneta Yorke [d. 1820]; by descent to her son Joseph Sydney Yorke [1768 - 1831]; by descent to his nephew, Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke [d. 1873]; by descent to his son, Charles Philip Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke [d. 1904]; to his uncle, John Manners Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke [1840 - 1909]; by descent to his son, Charles Alexander Yorke, 8th Earl of Hardwicke [d. 1936]; to his sister, Lady Susan York [1881 - 1965]; by descent to her son, Simon Birch [d. 1995]; by descent to his son, Julian Birch; (Adam Williams Fine Art, London, 1997); Private collection; (Lowell Libson & Johnny Yarker Ltd., London, 2019); purchased by NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.


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