Lot 159: Daniel Gardner, A.R.A. (Kendal 1750-1805 London) Portrait group of Viscount Brome (1774-1823), Lady Mary Cornwallis (1769-1840)... pencil, pastel and bodycolour 29 ½ x 37 ½ in. (74.9 x 95.3 cm.), oval

Daniel Gardner, A.R.A. (Kendal 1750-1805 London)
Portrait group of Viscount Brome (1774-1823), Lady Mary Cornwallis (1769-1840) and Miss Caroline Townshend (1778-1866) as children, with a spaniel in a wooded landscape
an extensive inscription on the reverse of the frame reads 'Lord Viscount Brome Son to Earl Cornwallis/Aged five years/Lady Mary Cornwallis Daughter to Earl Cornwallis/Aged Ten years/Miss Caroline Townshend Eldest Daughter to the/Rt. Honble. Charles Townshend of Honingham in Norfolk/Aged one year and Half/Bean a favourite Dog/Painted by Mr. Gardener/March 1780
pencil, pastel and bodycolour
29 ½ x 37 ½ in. (74.9 x 95.3 cm.), oval

Sir Ailwyn Fellowes.
with Agnew's, London, April 1917.
Mrs Burns.
The Viscount Harcourt, by 1921 and thence by descent to
Hon. Alexander St. Vincent Baring 6th Lord Ashburton; Christie's, London, 30 March 1993, lot 14, where purchased for the present collection.