id: 169320
accession number: 2011.193
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.193
updated: 2022-01-04 17:52:32.460000
Cropley Ashley-Cooper (Later 6th Earl of Shaftesbury) with His Sister Mary Anne Ashley-Cooper, Later Lady Sturt of Crichel, c. 1776. Daniel Gardner (British, c. 1750-1805). Pastel with black and red chalk and graphite; sheet: 50.7 x 40.2 cm (19 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2011.193
title: Cropley Ashley-Cooper (Later 6th Earl of Shaftesbury) with His Sister Mary Anne Ashley-Cooper, Later Lady Sturt of Crichel
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creation date: c. 1776
creation date earliest: 1771
creation date latest: 1781
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creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
copyright:
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culture: England, 18th century
technique: pastel with black and red chalk and graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - British
type: Drawing
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catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
* Daniel Gardner (British, c. 1750-1805) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 50.7 x 40.2 cm (19 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
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support materials:
description: white laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00
British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Exhibition of British Art c. 1000-1860. Royal Academy of Arts, London (1934).
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PROVENANCE
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, presumably commissioned from the artist
date: ?-?
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citations:
(Thomas Agnew & Sons, London)
date: 1921
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James Thursby-Pelham [1869-1947], 55 Cadogan Gardens, London, and Upon Cressett Hall, Shropshire
date: ?-?
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Alfred E. Hill, London
date: by 1934-?
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Alfred E. Pearson, Sheffield & Torquay
date: after 1934-1967
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citations:
(his sale, Sotheby's, London, July 12, 1967, no. 226)
date: 1967
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P. Pearson Hague, by descent
date: 1967-2011
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(Lowell Libson, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: 2011
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2011-
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fun fact:
This pastel was presumably commissioned from Daniel Gardner by the children's father, who was himself the subject of a portrait by the artist.
digital description:
Daniel Gardner built a lucrative career that was based on fashionable portraiture, especially small-scale works in pastel, often in oval formats with landscape backgrounds. Executed in this format, this portrait is one of many by the artist that depicted children, his primary subjects. Here, the young Cropley Ashley-Cooper, later the 6th Earl of Shaftesbury, gazes fondly at his older sister, Mary Anne, who holds his hand and encircles his shoulders in close affection. Gardner took advantage of the special optical properties of pastel, whose minute, irregular particles reflect light diffusely, allowing an unparalleled velvety brilliance.
wall description:
Gardner was last in the line of 18th-century British artists—beginning with Francis Cotes and reaching its zenith with Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and George Romney-whose lucrative careers were based on fashionable portraiture. Initially trained by Romney, Gardner established a successful portrait practice that was based on small-scale works in pastel, often in oval formats with landscape backgrounds, as in this drawing. Gardner was particularly adept at capturing the charm of youth, taking advantage of the special optical properties of pastel, whose minute, irregular particles reflect light diffusely, allowing an unparalleled velvety brilliance.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Libson, Lowell. British Art. Exh. Cat. London: Lowell Libson, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 42-43
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Williamson, George Charles. Daniel Gardner, Painter in Pastel and Gouache: A Brief Account of His Life and Works. London: John Lane, 1921.
page number: Reproduced: between pp. 54-55
url: https://books.google.com/books?id=IM_lAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false
Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of British Art. Exh. Cat. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1934.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 161, no. 665
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Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 32-33, 146, no. 6; Reproduced: p. 33
url:
Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. Online, updated 2019.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8, no. J.338.1637
url: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Gardner1.pdf
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