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Mrs. John Garden (Ann Garden, 1769–1842) and Her Children, John (1796–1854) and Ann Margaret (born 1793)

John Hoppner British
1796 or 1797
Not on view
This portrait of a mother and two children shows the family of John Garden. Until 1808, when Garden senior bought the estate of Redisham Hall, Suffolk, the family lived in London. Garden's son, still a baby, has the fair skin of a redhead. He wears a white dress trimmed with three rows of four tiny, brass buttons on the bodice, and sits in his mother's lap.

The picture, which demonstrates Hoppner's sympathetic response to young children, is unfinished but was accepted by the family nevertheless.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. John Garden (Ann Garden, 1769–1842) and Her Children, John (1796–1854) and Ann Margaret (born 1793)
  • Artist: John Hoppner (British, London 1758–1810 London)
  • Date: 1796 or 1797
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 50 1/8 x 39 7/8 in. (127.3 x 101.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914
  • Object Number: 15.30.41
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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