Portrait of Jane Hoskyns

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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Portrait of Jane Hoskyns

c. 1778–1780

ArtistGeorge Romney (British, 1734–1802)

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Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 102 x 89 x 10.5 cm (40 3/16 x 35 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 69.8 x 59 cm (27 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: P - British before 1800
Origin: England, 18th century
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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Provenance

Public

Provenance event

Sir John Chandos Reade (the sitter's son)

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Shipton Court (sale: Christie's London, 13 July 1895, no. 14)

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(A. Tooth, London, 1895)

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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

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Sir John Chandos Reade, Seventh Bart. (1785-1868), Shipton Court, Axon, England (sold, Christie’s, L...

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Tooth and Sons (London, England), sold to Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wade, 1895

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1895-1916 Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wade (Gates Mills, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.

Source provenance text

Sir John Chandos Reade (the sitter's son) Shipton Court (sale: Christie's London, 13 July 1895, no. 14) (A. Tooth, London, 1895) Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade Sir John Chandos Reade, Seventh Bart. (1785-1868), Shipton Court, Axon, England (sold, Christie’s, London, July 13, 1895, no. 14, to Tooth and Sons, London); Tooth and Sons (London, England), sold to Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wade, 1895 1895-1916 Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wade (Gates Mills, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition

British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)

Source exhibition text

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). Cleveland Art Loan Exposition. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 25-December 17, 1913).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

The sitter married Sir John Read in 1774, who also sat for a portrait by the artist in 1788. Born in Lancashire, Romney first apprenticed in his father’s cabinetmaker’s shop. He worked in the north of England until 1762, when he settled in London. There he became a successful portraitist, alongside Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough. As with many successful portraitists, his heart lay elsewhere and he dreamed of making history paintings, but his plans for grandiose compositions rarely advanced beyond drawings.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 8 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.

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