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Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of John L. Severance
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Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke

c. 1761
Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792) visual detail
ArtistJoshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792)
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c. 1761-1790

Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, later Second Earl of Hardwicke [1720-1790], St. James Square, London...

1790-1833

Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey [1751-1833], by descent to her great niece Anne Florence...

1833-1880

Anne Florence de Grey, Baroness Lucas [died 1880], by descent to her son, Francis Thomas de Grey

1880-1905

Francis Thomas de Grey, Seventh Earl Cowper, Seventh Baron Lucas and Tenth Baron Dingwall [1834-1905...

1905-1916

Auberon Thomas Herbert, Eighth Baron Lucas and Eleventh Baron Dingwall [1876-1916], by descent to hi...

1916-1922

Nan Ino Cooper, Ninth Baroness Lucas and Twelfth Baroness Dingwall [1880-1958], consigned to sale at...

1922

(Christies’s, London, May 26, 1922, lot 78)

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Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, later Second Earl of Hardwicke [1720-1790], St. James Square, London, by descent to his daughter Amabel Yorke, later Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey [1751-1833], by descent to her great niece Anne Florence de Grey Anne Florence de Grey, Baroness Lucas [died 1880], by descent to her son, Francis Thomas de Grey Francis Thomas de Grey, Seventh Earl Cowper, Seventh Baron Lucas and Tenth Baron Dingwall [1834-1905], by descent to his nephew Auberon Thomas Herbert Auberon Thomas Herbert, Eighth Baron Lucas and Eleventh Baron Dingwall [1876-1916], by descent to his sister Nan Ino Cooper Nan Ino Cooper, Ninth Baroness Lucas and Twelfth Baroness Dingwall [1880-1958], consigned to sale at Christie's London (Christies’s, London, May 26, 1922, lot 78) (Agnew, London) (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) John L. Severance, Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Anglo-Saxon Tradition. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (October 1-15, 1946). The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). Sir Joshua Reynolds. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 16-March 31, 1986). CMA @ Oberlin (second rotation). Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 3-June 5, 2006). British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). British Institution, London, United Kingdom (1813). Suffolk Street, London, United Kingdom (1833). Family Portraits,Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, United Kingdom (1875). Old Masters Exhibition, Grafton Gallery, London, United Kingdom (1895). Second National Exhibition, Woman and Child in Art, London, United Kingdom (1913-1914). The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Museum of Art (1936).

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Sisters Amabel (left) and Mary Jemima are shown playing on the grounds of their family’s country estate outside London. They wear loose, flowing garments invented specifically for the portrait rather than their usual outdoor dresses. Their father commissioned the painting to hang in the family’s city home in London’s St. James Square and it highlights their status as landowners. Joshua Reynolds painted this portrait after his return from Italy, where his studies inspired him to incorporate classical references. The famous ancient Roman <em>Statue of a Girl with a Dove </em>is echoed in Mary Jemima’s pose as she shields a dove from the family dog.

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