James Northcote R.A. (1746-1831) Portrait of Mrs. Thomasine Yonge or Young Oil on canvas 76 x...

James Northcote R.A. (1746-1831)

Portrait of Mrs. Thomasine Yonge or Young

Oil on canvas

76 x 63.5cm; 30 x 25in

Provenance:

By descent to the sitter's neice Mrs. Brater and gifted to

Her son William Brater

Frost & Reed

Private Collection, U.S.A.

Private English Collection

Literature:

Memorials of an Eighteenth Century Painter - James Northcote by Stephen Gwynn (1898): List of Portraits painted at Plymouth 1776/7, No. 41, Mrs Yonge, Pg. 266

Extensive old inscription verso detailing the sitter, artist and early provenance:

Mrs. Thomasin Young

Wife of Charles Young Esq. of Plymouth

and Daughter of Revd. Thomas Worth

Rector of High Bickington and Canon of Exeter Cathedral

died March 10th 1796

Northcote pinxit 1777

This picture of her dear Aunt (her Father's Sister) is given by Mrs. Brater to her son William Brater.

Mrs Thomasine Yonge or Young was the wife of Charles Yonge (1726-1807) an eminent surgeon from Plymouth. He was instrumental in setting up the Plymouth Public Dispensary in 1798 and to which he left a bequest of £1000 in his will in 1807

James Northcote was born in Plymouth in 1746 and joined the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds as a pupil and assistant between 1771 and 1776. The present picture is an example of his early portraits, greatly influenced by Reynolds.