id: 122349 accession number: 1942.645 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.645 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:06.258000 Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke, c. 1761. Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792). Oil on canvas; framed: 224.5 x 201.3 x 11.4 cm (88 3/8 x 79 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 196 x 170 cm (77 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); former: 223.5 x 198 x 9 cm (88 x 77 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.645 title: Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1761 creation date earliest: 1756 creation date latest: 1766 current location: 203A British Painting and Decorative Arts creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: England, 18th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - British before 1800 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 224.5 x 201.3 x 11.4 cm (88 3/8 x 79 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 196 x 170 cm (77 3/16 x 66 15/16 in.); Former: 223.5 x 198 x 9 cm (88 x 77 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Venetian Tradition opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00 The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). title: Style, Truth and the Portrait opening date: 1963-10-01T04:00:00 Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). title: Sir Joshua Reynolds opening date: 1985-10-09T04:00:00 Sir Joshua Reynolds. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 16-March 31, 1986). title: CMA @ Oberlin (second rotation) opening date: 2006-04-03T00:00:00 CMA @ Oberlin (second rotation). Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 3-June 5, 2006). title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020) opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00 British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * 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). --- PROVENANCE 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 date: c. 1761-1790 footnotes: citations: Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey [1751-1833], by descent to her great niece Anne Florence de Grey date: 1790-1833 footnotes: citations: Anne Florence de Grey, Baroness Lucas [died 1880], by descent to her son, Francis Thomas de Grey date: 1833-1880 footnotes: citations: Francis Thomas de Grey, Seventh Earl Cowper, Seventh Baron Lucas and Tenth Baron Dingwall [1834-1905], by descent to his nephew Auberon Thomas Herbert date: 1880-1905 footnotes: citations: Auberon Thomas Herbert, Eighth Baron Lucas and Eleventh Baron Dingwall [1876-1916], by descent to his sister Nan Ino Cooper date: 1905-1916 footnotes: citations: Nan Ino Cooper, Ninth Baroness Lucas and Twelfth Baroness Dingwall [1880-1958], consigned to sale at Christie's London date: 1916-1922 footnotes: citations: (Christies’s, London, May 26, 1922, lot 78) date: 1922 footnotes: citations: (Agnew, London) date: footnotes: citations: (M. Knoedler & Co., New York) date: footnotes: citations: John L. Severance, Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Her family affectionately referred to Mary Jemima (at right) as "Mouse." digital description: wall description: 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 Statue of a Girl with a Dove is echoed in Mary Jemima’s pose as she shields a dove from the family dog. --- RELATED WORKS id: 154630 The Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke, c. 1761. Edward Fisher (British, 1722–1785), after Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792). Mezzotint; image: 41.7 x 36.3 cm (16 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.236 relationship: --- CITATIONS Cotton, W., and John Burnet. Sir Joshua Reynolds and His Works. London, 1856. page number: Mentioned: P. 36 url: Cook, Clarence. Art and Artists of Our Time. New York, NY: Selmar Hess, 1888. page number: Reproduced: p. 37; Mentioned: p. 37-38 url: Graves, Algernon, and William Vine Cronin. A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. [With Plates.]. London: H. Graves & Co, 1899. page number: Mentioned: P. 1084 url: Armstrong, Walter. Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy. London, United Kingdom: W. Heinemann, 1900. page number: url: Bryan, Michael, and George Charles Williamson. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1903. page number: Reproduced: p. 219 url: Baldry, A. L. Sir Joshua Reynolds. London: George Newnes, 1905. page number: Mentioned: P. xxxii url: Graves, Algernon. Century of Loan Exhibitions 1813-1912. London, United Kingdom: Graves, 1913. page number: Mentioned: pgs. 1020, 1041, 1054, 1085, 1091, vol. 3 url: "American Art News, Vol. 20, No. 31." American Art News 20, no. 31 (May 13, 1922): 1-10. page number: Reproduced: P. 4 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25589970. Marillier, H. C. "Christie's" 1766 to 1925. London: Constable & Company, Ltd, 1926. page number: Mentioned: P. 196 url: Toynbee, Paget. "Horace Walpole's Journals of Visits to Country Seats, etc." The Walpole Society, XVI (1927--28) page number: Reproduced: p. 40 url: Waterhouse, Ellis Kirkham. Reynolds. London, United Kingdom: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1941. page number: Mentioned: p. 117; Reproduced: p. 121, pl. 70 url: Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [18], Plate VI, cat. no. 14; Mentioned: p. 22, cat. no. 14 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n26 Francis, Henry S. "Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XXIX, no. 9 (November, 1942):131-136. page number: Reproduced: p. 133; Mentioned: p. 136 url: Richard, Edgar P. "Recent Acquisitions: Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke, by Reynolds." The Art Quarterly VI, no. 2 (Spring 1943): 146-149. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 146-149 url: Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. page number: Reproduced: p. 18 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n26 Flexner, James Thomas. John Singleton Copley. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1948. page number: Mentioned: p. 32, 132; Reproduced: pl. 3 url: Talbot, William S. "Thomas Gainsborough: George Pitt, First Lord Rivers." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LVIII, no. 11 (November, 1971): 258-268. page number: Reproduced: p. 259, fig. 2 url: Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. 1955. page number: Mentioned: p. 234-235, vol. II; Reproduced: no. 14, XLVII url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 469 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n86 Milliken, William Mathewson. The Cleveland Museum of Art. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1958. page number: Reproduced: p. 47 url: Argan, Giulio Carlo. "Reynolds." In Encyclopedia of World Art. Bernard S. Myers, ed., 202-207. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959. page number: Mentioned: P. 206 url: Gimpel, René. Journal d'un collectionneur, marchand de tableaux. [Paris]: Calmann-Lévy, 1963. page number: Mentioned: P. 236 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 154 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n178 Cleveland Museum of Art. Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. page number: Reproduced: no. 194 url: Cormack, Malcolm, "The Ledgers of Sir Joshua Reynolds." The Walpole Society, XLII (1968-70) page number: Reproduced: p. 121 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 154 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n178 Hamilton, Edward. The Engraved Works, of Sir Joshua Reynolds; A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engravings Made After His Paintings from 1755-1822, with Descriptions of the States of Each Plate, Biographical Sketches of the Persons Represented, a List of Pictures Which Have Been Engraved, Names of the Possessors, and Other Particulars. Amsterdam, Netherlands: G.W. Hissink, 1973. page number: Reproduced: p. 139 url: Waterhouse, Ellis Kirkham. Reynolds. New York, NY: Phaidon; [distributed by Praeger], 1973. page number: Reproduced: pl. 26 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 192 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n212 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Mentioned: p. 210-212; Reproduced: p. 211 url: Flexner, James Thomas. John Singleton Copley. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1993. page number: Pl. 11 url: Kirsh, Andrea, and Rustin S. Levenson. Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. page number: Reproduced: p. 167, no. 174 url: Wiles, Stephanie, "British Invasion", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 04, April 2006 page number: Mentioned & reproduced: 8-9 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-04/page/8 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.645/1942.645_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.645/1942.645_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.645/1942.645_full.tif