Diana Wynne, Mrs Philip Yorke I (1748-1805) as a Widow
Joseph Allen (Birmingham 1769 - Erdington 1839)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1804 - 1805
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1255 mm (H)100 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151380
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Diana Wynne, Mrs Philip Yorke I (1748 - 1805) as a Widow by Joseph Allen (Birmingham 1769 - Erdington 1839), 1804/5. A three-quarter length portrait of the second wife of Philip Yorke I, seated to the right, in an early 18th century chair; as a widow. Her hands clasped on her lap.
Provenance
In an undated 19th century Erddig inventory as "Mrs Yorke of Dyffrynaled, Allen (Copy)" and thence by descent;given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Paper label on frame: N-ALED, Co.DENBIGH - Copied from ALLEN
Makers and roles
Joseph Allen (Birmingham 1769 - Erdington 1839), artist
References
Erddig 1800-29 Inventory of contents of Erddig, 1800-1829, "Mrs. Yorke of Dyffrynaled, Allen (Copy)" Erddig 1914 Chronicles of Erthig on the Dyke by Albina Lucy Cust, (2 vols) 1914 , vol. II, p.220 (as the replica of a portrait by Gainsborough!) Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, p.95 "PORTRAITS AT ERDDIG, WREXHAM 12. DIANA (WYNNE), MRS YORKE (1748-1805). Dau. and heiress of Piers Wynne of Dyffryn Aled, Denbighshire; widow of Ridgeway Owen Meyrick of Bodorgan; 2nd w. of Philip Yorke of Erddig (see no.10), to whom she m. 1782. Joseph Allen, 1804-5. TQL., seated r, as a widow; her hands clasped on her lap. Replica."