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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of a Young Southern Woman
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Born in Chur, Switzerland, Jeremiah Theus became the most important
artist of the colonial era in Charleston, South Carolina, and most of
his paintings remain there and in Savannah, Georgia. He had
little competition and was a favorite of the more prominent plantation
and merchant families.
His early training is unknown. He
and his parents emigrated to Orangeburg Township, South Carolina about
1735. In 1740, he advertised in Charleston as a limner of
portraits, "l (showing 500 of 1220 characters). |
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