The image shows five individuals in a classical portrait. The central figure is a woman standing beside a large urn. On her right, a young boy stands holding a hat. Beside him, a man stands holding a rifle. To the left of the woman, a young girl holds a flower basket, and a younger boy leans towards a dog. The background features a forest scene with autumnal foliage.
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The Yorke Family

Daniel Gardner (British, 1750 - 1805)

c. 1775

Medium
gouache, pastel paste, and pastel with graphite and possibly black chalk on prepared paper mounted to canvas (on a wooden stretcher)
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 92 × 70.4 cm (36 1/4 × 27 11/16 in.) ; framed: 104.46 × 83.5 × 7.94 cm (41 1/8 × 32 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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