The Singing Party
c. 1732/1760
Painter, French, born Germany, 1689 - 1760

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 73.1 x 92.1 cm (28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.)
framed: 92.7 x 112.1 x 6.9 cm (36 1/2 x 44 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1952.4.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Painted for George, 1st Baron Vernon [1709/1710-1780], Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire; by descent to Francis, 9th Baron Vernon [1889-1963]. (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York); purchased 1940 by Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C.; gift 1952 to NGA.[1]
[1] The gift by Duncan Phillips was made "on behalf of the Phillips Gallery" (now The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.).
Associated Names
- Vernon, George Venables, 1st Baron
- Vernon, George, 2nd Baron
- Vernon, Henry, 3rd Baron
- Vernon, George Charles, 4th Baron
- Vernon, George John, 5th baron Vernon
- Vernon, Augustus Henry, 6th Baron
- Vernon, George William Henry, 7th Baron
- Vernon, George Francis Augustus, 8th Baron
- Vernon, Francis Lawrance William, 9th Baron
- Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co.
- The Phillips Collection
- Phillips, Duncan
Exhibition History
1972
Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1972.
1984
English Caricature 1620 to the Present, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1984, no. 35, pl. 13.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 68, as by William Hogarth.
1967
Baldini, Gabriele and Gabriele Mandel. L'opera completa di Hogarth pittore. Milan, 1967: no. 199, repro.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 60, repro., as by William Hogarth.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 46, repro., as British School
1984
English Caricature 1620 to the Present. Exh. cat. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1984: no. 35, pl. 13.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 21, repro.
1992
Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 169-171, repro. 170.
Wikidata ID
Q20177866