John Schanck

This portraitback to top

An identical portrait by Masquerier was in the Burdett-Coutts collection in 1917. [1]

Footnotesback to top

1) Illus. Connoisseur, LII, 1918, p 10; not in the Burdett-Coutts sale, Christie’s, 4 May 1922.

Physical descriptionback to top

Grey eyes, white hair, wearing captain’s uniform, dark-blue coat with gold trim.

Provenanceback to top

By descent from the sitter to Lt. Col. H. A. Schank, by whose wish presented 1921.<sup>1

1</sup> The presentation made through his widow Mrs M. M. Schank, who described him as ‘the last of his race’ (letter of 25 October 1921; NPG archive).

Reproductionsback to top

C. Turner 1799.<sup>1

1</sup> A Whitman. Turner, 1907, no.512, quotes Turner's diary, 14 September 1799; 'Began to scrape Capt Schank'.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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