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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 | ||
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 | ||
A View Of Mr. Lindsay’s From South Battery, May 10th 1796 - 1805 Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston, SC | Unrated | Anonymous |
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