Yorke arms
Elizabeth Ratcliffe (Chester c.1735 - Liverpool c.1810)
Category
Hatchments and heraldic shields
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, glass and paper
Measurements
360 mm (H); 345 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1146576.2
Summary
Silhouette. One of a pair of paper silhouettes, cut by Elizabeth Ratcliffe, showing the Yorke arms, finely cut from white paper and stuck to the reverse of the glass, and having a red background. The silhouettes show Yorke quartering Meller and impaling Hutton and Yorke quartering Meller and impaling Cust. .
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Ratcliffe (Chester c.1735 - Liverpool c.1810), artist
References
Erddig, Clwyd: 1995 [The National Trust] 1995, p.61