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![]() | Harriet Hampton ca. 1835 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Harriet Hampton (1791-1858) was the daughter of Wade Hampton (1752-1835), a Revolutionary War officer and major general in the War of 1812, and his third wife, Mary Cantey. The Hampton family of South Carolina was steeped in politics and military service. Harriet was also the aunt of Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), a noted Civil War officer and later... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Henry Trescot 1821 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() According to Charles Fraser’s account books, he painted “copy of 2 portraits for Mr. H Trescot,” which may mean that the artist copied an existing oil painting of his patron, or made two versions of this miniature. Here, Henry Trescot appears at his ease among leatherbound books, signs of his learning and financial standing. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Joseph W. Faber 1837 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() A lawyer and rice planter, Joseph Faber lived near Adams Run, South Carolina, about thirty-five miles from Charleston along the banks of the Edisto River. Rice provided the backbone of South Carolina’s economy, and was the state’s second leading export behind indigo during the colonial period. Much of the state’s agricultural wealth was sold... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Judge Thomas Waties 1820 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Thomas Waties (1760-1828) was a native of Georgetown, South Carolina, who rose to prominence as a lawyer and jurist. During the American Revolution, he was captured on a ship and sent first to England, and then to France. In Paris, he met Benjamin Franklin, who helped procure his passage back to South Carolina. In 1780, Waties served as captain under... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman ca. 1820 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() It is unclear who the young gentleman in this portrait is, but his formal dress and fashionably disheveled hair suggest that he was a member of Charleston’s moneyed class. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer 1819 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Thomas Wright Bacot 1818 New York Historical Society New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
| The Flower Girl 19th century Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
| Alvan Fisher about 1819 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
| A View In Charleston Taken From Savage’s Green 1796 Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston, SC | Unrated | Anonymous |
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