Portrait of Andrew Francis Barnard, later General Barnard

Probably commissioned by the sitter, Andrew Francis Barnard (1773–1855), by 1794 [1];

Possibly gifted to his sister, Anne Elizabeth Barnard (1768–1852) [2];

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1958;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

Notes

[1] Andrew Francis Barnard wrote, “when I have enough to pay my expences [sic] to town I shall draw for the price of the portrait which poor Anne has been so long promised.” Quoted from a letter in Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, Barnard Letters, 1778–1824, ed. Anthony Powell (London: Duckworth, 1928), 93. Powell writes, “There is a miniature of Sir Andrew by Andrew Plimer” but lists no source or illustration. See Barnard Letters, 1778–1824, 93n1. Powell probably saw the miniature while visiting Barnard’s descendants to transcribe his letters, which suggests the miniature was passed down through family descent, until at least 1928.

[2] According to his will, Andrew Francis Barnard left his belongings to his niece, Sarah Elizabeth Crauford (ca. 1809–after 1861), the daughter of his sister Anne Elizabeth and Catlin Craufurd, as well as his nephew, Henry William Barnard (1798–1857). Henry was married to his cousin and Sarah’s sister, Isabella Letitia Craufurd (1805–1886). London Church of England Parish Registers, ref. DL/T/089/023, London Metropolitan Archives. “Will of Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, Lieutenant General in Her Majesty’s Army of Bombay,” The National Archives, Kew, ref. PROB 11/2215/255. The widow of Andrew Norman Barnard, a descendant of the sitter, sold the family house (Withersdane) and estate, in 1945.