DANIEL GARDNER

DANIEL GARDNER

(1750-1805)

Portrait of Lady Martha Vernon (née Harcourt) (1715-1794), wearing a white dress with a blue bow

Pastel, oval

25.1 x 19.9cm; 10 x 7¾in

Provenance
Rt. Hon. Baron Vernon, Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire;
By whom sold, Sotheby's, London, 31 January 1923 lot 59;
Christie's, London, 14 June 1977, lot 189 (£350)

Literature
Connoisseur, January 1923.
Neil Jeffares, "Daniel Gardner", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 07/05/2025, no.J.338.1761.

THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE