Louisa Matilda Scott, Mrs Yorke (1863-1951)
Gilbert Baldry (1876 - 1928)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1906 (commissioned)
Materials
Oil, wood and canvas
Measurements
651 x 495 mm (25 5/8 x 19 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151300
Summary
Oil painting on canvas. Painting of Louisa Matilda Scott, Mrs Yorke (1863 - 1951) by Gilbert Baldry (fl.c.1880 - 1910), 1906. A head-and-shoulders portrait of the second wife of Philip Yorke II (1849-1922), wearing black evening dress, looking over left shoulder.
Provenance
Commissioned in 1906 and thence by descent; given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto - Old label stuck to bottom centre of frame: LOUISA, WIFE OF PHILIP YORKE/ G.BALDRY - 1906
Makers and roles
Gilbert Baldry (1876 - 1928), artist
References
Erddig, Clwyd: 1995 [The National Trust] 1995, p.46 "DINING ROOM PICTURES GILBERT BALDRY Louisa Scott, Mrs Yorke (d.1951) Dated (on frame)1906 Daughter of the Rev. T. Scott, vicar of Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, and second wife of Philip Yorke II, whom she married in 1902. They shared an enthusiasm for cycling."