Portrait of Don Bernardo Yorba

ClassificationsPaintings-oils

Artist Henri Pénelon (French-born American, 1827 - 1885)

Datec. 1850

Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFramed: 24 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (62.2 × 49.5 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Rosita Yorba Locke and Bernardo Marcus Yorba, Jr.

Object number5070

DescriptionDon Bernardo Yorba was the third son of José Antonio Yorba, who had arrived to the coast of California with Don Gaspar de Portolá in 1769. Yorba combined the Santiago de Santa Ana Rancho, the only Spanish grant in what is now Orange County, awarded to his father by the King of Spain in 1810, with lands granted to him by Governor José Figueroa in 1834. The city of Yorba Linda is named in honor of Don Bernardo, portrayed here with the wide sideburns and silk headscarf popular among Californios. He was one of the wealthiest and most distinguished men of his day.

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