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Robert Dowsing

Carolyn J. Weekley has argued that Robert Dowsing (1701-1730) is the Jaquelin-Brodnax limner who painted a group of family portraits ca. 1720. His 1737 probate inventory includes painting materials. Richard Ambler, who married Elizabeth Jaquelin, witnessed a legal document for Dowsing. Dowsing also lived near Yorktown and Jamestown where the Jaquelin and Brodnax families lived.

Locations

JamestownWilliamsburg

Portraits

Edward Jaquelin I (1668-1730)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Matthew Jaquelin (1707-1727)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Mary Jaquelin (1713/4-1764)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Martha Jaquelin (1711-1792)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Martha Cary Jaquelin (Mrs. Edward Jaquelin I, 1686-ca. 1738)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Elizabeth Jaquelin (1709-1756)

( ca. 1720-1730)

Edward Jaquelin II (1716-1734)

(ca. 1720-1730)

Frances Parke Custis (1709-1744)

(ca. 1720-1730)

William Brodnax II (1706-1771)

(probably 1715-1723)

Rebeckah Champion Travis Brodnax (Mrs. William Brodnax, 1674/5-1723)

(probably 1715-1723)

Elizabeth Rebecca Brodnax (b.1710/11)

(probably 1715-1723)

Edward Brodnax (b. 1701)

(probably 1715-1723)

William Brodnax (1674/5-1726/7)

(probably 1715-1723)

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Suggested citation: Janine Yorimoto Boldt, researcher. Colonial Virginia Portraits. Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Digital Project, 2019, www.colonialvirginiaportraits.org.

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