The Yorke Family

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.

The Yorke Family

Gardner, Daniel

c. 1775

Accession Number

2019.142.1

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund