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Painter:
West, Benjamin 1738-1820  Search this
Subject:
Middleton, Thomas  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Carolina Art Association Gibbes Museum of Art 135 Meeting Street Charleston South Carolina 29401 Accession Number: 37.01.01
Date:
1773
Notes:
"Art in the Lives of South Carolinians: nineteenth century chapters," Charleston, S.C.: Carolina Art Association, 1979, Exh. II, No. 36.
Bilodeau, Francis W., "Art in South Carolina, 1670-1970," Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970.
Antiques (Nov. 1970): pg. 782.
Gibbes Museum of Art, unpublished checklist, 1990.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 269.
Image on file.
Antiques (Nov. 1970): pg. 782.
"Art in the Lives of South Carolinians: nineteenth century chapters," Charleston, S.C.: Carolina Art Association, 1979, Exh. II, No. 36.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 269.
(Lower left:) B. West 1773 signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--State Congressman  Search this
Occupation--Political--Senator  Search this
Control number:
IAP 84950029
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_226545