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Portrait of Governor William Moultrie
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This may be the original drawing for the copper engraving used as a frontispiece by Gideon Fairman in William Moultrie, "Memoirs of the American Revolution," vol. I (New York, 1802).
The French inscription has been identified by Professor Gilbert Chinard and Mr. Stewart W. Jackson as the handwriting of Michelange Bernard de Mangourit (1752-1829), who was appointed French consul at Charlston in 1792 and who seems to have remained there until 1795 or 1796.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [in 5 West Mount Vernon Place].
Exhibitions
| 1983 | Charles Fraser of Charleston. Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H of image: 5 × W: 3 7/8 in. (12.7 × 9.8 cm); H of paper: 7 1/4 × W: 5 5/8 in. (18.42 × 14.29 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1942