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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
30295
label
Portrait of Governor William Moultrie
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
30295
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of Governor William Moultrie
description
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.
provenance
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].
date
1802
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
drawings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.7
height
9.8
dimensionsRaw
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)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature and date] Lower left
around edge of portrait oval: Charles Fraser - So. Carolina 1802; [Inscription] Bottom center: His Excellcy William Moultrie Late Governor of the State of S. Carolina / Major General in the American Revolutionary War; [Inscription] Bottom center
attributed to Michelange Bernard de Mangourit (1752-1829)
French consul at Charlston
SC: je suis fure [sic] destitué en 1793; il m’offrit une de ses terres pour azyle: Toujours dans mon coeur!
med
India-ink wash, with white on paper
creator_ids
2795
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2931
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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