Joseph H. Davis (1811-65) Two York Family Portraits, Strafford, New Hampshire, 1837 inscribed 'Elizabeth Ann York aged 8. Novem 13 1837' and 'John Smith York aged 10. Sept 2 1837'. unsigned watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper each framed 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance The Estate of Mrs. John Hay Whitney, Sotheby's, New York, 22-25 April 1999, Lot 1118. Elizabeth Ann York Bennett (1829-1911) and John Smith York (1827-1852), Strafford County, New Hampshire. Note According to the 1850 U.S. Census, John S. and Elizabeth A. York were two of five children living with their parents, David and Hannah York, in Lee, New Hampshire. An 1837 portrait of David and Hanna York by Davis, also from the Whitney Collection, sold at Sotheby's, New York, on 18 May 2004. A portrait of their close relatives, Thomas and Harriet York, is in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg (no. 1931.300.13). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing