The Yorke Family
c. 1775
Artist, British, 1750 - 1805

Artwork overview
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Medium
gouache, pastel paste, and pastel with graphite and possibly black chalk on prepared paper mounted to canvas (on a wooden stretcher)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 92 × 70.4 cm (36 1/4 × 27 11/16 in.)
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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
- Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker, Ltd., London
- Adam Williams Fine Art, Ltd.
- Birch, Julian
- Birch, Simon
- York, Susan Lady
- Yorke, Charles Alexander 8th Earl of Hardwicke
- Yorke, John Manners 7th Earl of Hardwicke
- Yorke, Albert 6th Earl of Hardwicke
- Yorke, Charles Philip 5th Earl of Hardwicke
- Yorke, Charles Philip Earl of Hardwicke
- Yorke, Joseph Sydney
- Yorke, Agneta
Exhibition History
2023
Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.