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Mrs. Isaac Chanler (Sarah White)

after 1771
oil on canvas
30 x 25 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

notes
Museum Purchase with funds provided Mr. and Mrs. John J. Avlon, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Phillips, with additional funds from the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Herzog
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Mrs. John Peyre (Margaret Cantey)

ca. 1776
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 24 7/8 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

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Mrs. Mumford Milner (Elizabeth Brewton)

before 1786
watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

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Peter Bounetheau

1789
watercolor on ivory
2 7/8 x 2 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

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Thomas Wigfall

ca. 1790
watercolor on ivory
2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (oval)

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

notes
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Nowell, Jr. given by Arthur E. Nowell, III, Allen D. Nowell, Gregorie W. Nowell, Nicholas H. Nowell, Louis G. Nowell, Christoper C. Nowell
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William Gibbes

ca. 1774
watercolor on ivory
1 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, SC

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The Hartley Family

ca. 1787
oil on canvas
194.0 x 151.0 cm. (76 3/8 x 59 7/16 in.) frame: 221.9 x 178.4 cm. (87 3/8 x 70 1/4 in.)

Princeton University, Art Museum

Princeton, NJ

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Peter De Vaux

watercolor on ivory
no dimensions avaliable

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
On the back of this locket are inscribed the words: “Peter De Vaux---Ancestor of Theodore Roosevelt.” The president’s forebears included James De Veaux (1710-1785) and Andre De Veaux (died1754), and this gentleman may have been a relation of theirs. In this miniature he is shown wearing a high neckband with a frilly extension known as a jabot.
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Portrait Of A Gentleman (2)

ca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

c. 1773
oil on canvas
76.7 x 64 x 3.8cm (30 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 1 1/2")

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

notes
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney posed for his portrait around 1773 in the red coat (traces of which remain) of the Charles Town colonial militia. By 1775, despite formative years spent in England, Pinckney was an enthusiastic rebel. He asked artist Henry Benbridge to repaint the uniform, showing him as a captain in the second South Carolina regiment...
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