William Gay Yorke (British/American, 1817 to 1892)
William Gay Yorke and his son William Howard Yorke (1847 to 1921) both lived and worked as artists in Liverpool. By 1871, William G. Yorke had immigrated to New York, and this was reflected in many of his subsequent paintings and backgrounds. His biographies indicate he painted a substantial number of yachting scenes from the New York region.
Information courtesy of Skinner, Inc., February 2003.