A handsome and straightforward likeness, the portrait is of the type which would later influence Fraser. It has been identified with the following entry in Malbone's account book, from December 1801-1802: "Joseph Yates, Sunday 10 o'clock pd. x."
Notes:
This text is adapted from Martha Severens "The Miniature Portrait Collection of the Carolina Art Association" published by the Carolina Art Association, 1984