Group portrait of three children playing at a balcony in a garden, with a spaniel

Details

Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805)
Group portrait of three children playing at a balcony in a garden, with a spaniel
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. 76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Suckling, London.
Mrs Hamilton-Gell; Christie's, London, 11 December 1909, lot 127 (450 guineas to Natiali).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.

Literature

Catalogue of the Suckling Collection, London, 1909, no.127.
Dr. G.C. Williamson, Daniel Gardner, 1921, p.167.

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Lot Essay

Gardner received his early tuition from George Romney (1735-1802). He was born in Kendal, Westmorland c.1750, but moved to London at the end of the 1760s. In 1770, he enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools, where he was taught by Benjamin West (1738-1820) and Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810). Gardner was awarded the Silver Medal in 1771 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in the same year. On leaving the Schools, he entered Reynolds's studio as an assistant. Gardner's group portraits are considered among his most accomplished works.

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