Francis Drake (1696-1771)
Nathan Drake (Lincoln c.1728 - York 1778)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1758 (monogrammed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
760 x 890 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Treasurer's House, York, North, National Trust
NT 593156
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Francis Drake (1696-1771) by Nathan Drake (Lincoln c.1728 - York 1778) , monogrammed and dated: N.D. pinxt 1758. A painted oval half-length portrait of Francis Drake, facing, head turned to the left, gazing to the left, in a powdered wig, wearing a red velvet coat and waistcoat with slim gold braiding and gold buttons, white stock. A similar portrait of Francis Drake (1696-1771), York Historian and author of Eboracum, by Nathan Drake is hung in York City Art Gallery. The artist was no relation of the sitter. Found in Treasurer's house cellars 1974. Picture taken out of storage in cellars Jan 1975. Cellars unsuitable due to damp etc. Inscription on back 'Francis Drake F.S.A... a celebrated Surgeon and Antiquary in the City of York, the History of which is published under the title of Eboracum. The same gentleman was also the compiler of the Parliamentary History a work daily increasing in authority and replete with valuable matter. Mr Drake died...(date?) at his son's house in Beverley, Yorkshire (the Revd. Fr. Drake D.D) was interred in St Mary's Church in that town and an handsome marble monument with suitable inscription erected to his ...' . A photocopy of another portrait of Francis Drake is in the Furniture History file.
Provenance
Tap. Room 1930-66, Found in Treasurer's house cellars 1974. Picture taken out of storage in cellars Jan 1975, In store YCAG until 1991 (presume York City Art Gallery, see Condition note), Tapestry room to date; gift of Francis 'Frank' William Green FSA (1861-1954), 1930
Credit line
Treasurer’s House, York, The Frank Green Gift (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
N.D. pinxt. 1758 (Maker's mark N.D. in monogram)
Makers and roles
Nathan Drake (Lincoln c.1728 - York 1778), artist