Nathan Drake (artist)

[1] He was apprenticed to his uncle, a cabinetmaker in York, where he appears to have settled in 1752 and spent much of the rest of his life.

[2] His hunting scenes often include a view of a country house, an example being William Tufnell and his Hounds at Nun Monkton Priory, York (signed and dated 1769; priv.

[6] His topographical subjects, such as The Newport Arch, include groups of figures recalling Canaletto or Samuel Scott.

Drake's portraits are only few, but there is a small signed oil of a Sportsman (London, Apsley House, Wellington Mus.).

[citation needed] Drake married Martha Carr at St Michael-le-Belfrey.