The Hon. Anne Howard, Lady Yonge (d.1775) and an Unidentified Enslaved Attendant
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1737 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2261 x 1689 mm (89 x 66 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653164
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Anne Howard, Lady Yonge (d.1775) and an Unidentified Enslaved Attendant by John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), signed on plinth of balustrade, lower left: Jno Vanderbank, Fecit. 1737 and inscribed, bottom left: The Honble Lady Yonge/ Daughter to Ld. Effingham, 1737. A full-length portrait of a young woman, standing, turned slightly to the left, head inclined slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a feathered hat, black dress with white sleeves, an ostrich feather fan in her left hand, a black veil in her right. A child, dressed in red and wearing a silver collar, stands behind to the right, gazing up toward the woman and holding the train of her dress. The presence of the collar is a clear visual statement that the child attendant is enslaved rather than a salaried servant. The two figures stand beneath a column on a high plinth, a pillared balustrade on the left, with a view of trees and a cloudy sky beyond. It is not known if the child was included by the artist as a trope or as a portrait of a real individual. Anne Howard, Lady Yonge was the daughter of Lord Effingham. She married Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet (1693–1755), in 1729.Her sister, Mary Howard (1710–40) was married to George Venables Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon (1709–80), grandson of George Vernon (c.1635–1702) for whom Sudbury Hall was built in the 1660s.
Provenance
Vernon collection transferred to the Treasury in 1967 following death of 9th Lord Vernon, and transferred to The National Trust in 1967
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Signed on plinth of balustrade, lower left: Jno Vanderbank, Fecit. 1737 Recto: Inscribed bottom left: The Honble Lady Yonge / Daughter to Ld. Effingham
Makers and roles
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist