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    • Circle of William Hoare of Bat
    Lot 48

    Circle of William Hoare of Bath, R.A. (1706-1799)

    Portrait of Mrs Hanway Ballack, half-length, wearing a pale pink dress trimmed with lace, with a sprig of flowers in her bodice

    Price realised

    GBP 2,868

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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    Circle of William Hoare of Bath, R.A. (1706-1799)
    Portrait of Mrs Hanway Ballack, half-length, wearing a pale pink dress trimmed with lace, with a sprig of flowers in her bodice
    with inscription 'From the Collection of Mr Burney/Tasburgh hall/Norwich' and further inscribed 'Extract from the Connoisseur SEP. 1912. A characteristic Pastel of Mrs. Ballack./by Daniel Gardner - This Lady's husband Mr. Hanway Ballack was a nephew of Joseph Hanway the well know philanthropist who established the Foundling Hospital and first introduced the umbrella to England - Mr Ballack on the death of his Uncle assumed the name of Hanway.-' (on the label on the reverse of the frame)
    pastel
    22½ x 17 3/8 in. (57.2 x 44.2 cm.)
    in the original 18th Century Kentian frame

    Provenance

    Mr Burney of Tasburgh Hall, Norwich.
    Anonymous sale [Mrs Clive Webb]; Christie's, London, 28 June 1940, lot 74, (unsold) as 'Gardner'.
    Mr and Mrs James Wharton, by 1962.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Daniel Gardner, 1962, no. 40 as by Daniel Gardner, lent by Mr and Mrs James Wharton.
    Kenwood, The Iveagh Bequest, Daniel Gardner 1750-1805, 1972, no. 22 as by Daniel Gardner.


    Lot Essay

    Mrs Hanway Ballack's husband was the nephew of Joseph Hanway the philanthropist and co-founder of the foundling hospital. The Hanways were friends and neighbours of the Burneys and in Dr. Johnson's circle.

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