Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Barnard Elliott, Jr. |
Artist |
Theus, Jeremiah |
Date |
ca. 1750 |
Medium |
oil |
Support |
canvas |
Dimensions |
19 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches |
Signature |
NA |
Inscription |
NA |
Credit line |
Gift of Barnard Elliott Baker Snowden |
Accession Number |
1983.010.0002 |
Collection |
Painting |
Sitter's dates |
(1740-1778) |
Description |
One of several Theus portraits of Elliott children at the Gibbes, Barnard is depicted as a boy of about seven years. The immediacy with which Theus paints portraits of children may reflect local taste or a true interest in capturing their innocence and youth. From these early children's portraits, much can be learned about their daily activities such as the types of games they played or the pets they owned. Barnard is depicted with fishing line in his hands. Appointed to the Governor's Council in 1771, Barnard Elliott, Jr. an ardent patriot, resigned from his appointment in 1775 to become a member of the First Provincial Congress of South Carolina. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the regiment of artillery during the American Revolution, and read the Declaration of Independence to the troops and the citizens on August 5, 1776. He owned vast plantations devoted to rice in the area known today as the ACE Basin (Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto rivers). |
Subjects |
Elliott Boys Clothing & dress Figures Portraits Tree limbs |
Image |
010\1983.10.02.JPG |