Marianna Mayo was the daughter of John Mayo and Mary Tabb Mayo. She later married Nathan Anderson. This portrait may date to post-1776. The portrait represents a young woman wearing a blue dress, a pearl necklace, and a floral hairpiece. She is standing and holds a small bouquet of roses with her right hand up […]
Mary Tabb Bolling was the daughter of Thomas Tabb and Rebecca Booker Tabb. She married Robert Bolling III in 1758. According to family tradition, the portrait represents Mary Tabb Bolling holding her youngest daughter, Marianna Bolling. The portrait shows a woman seated at a table with a baby in her lap. She wears a blue […]
Martha Walker was the daughter of Dr. Robert Walker and Elizabeth Stark of Kingston in Dinwiddie County. She married Richard Peters Barton (1763-1821). They lived at Springdale in Frederick County, where the portrait descended. The portrait features a young woman wearing a blue dress with buttons down her bodice and lace trim at her neckline. […]
According to Peale’s Autobiography, while staying in Accomack County, Virginia with the Arbuckle family, he painted “a widow lady in a perty large size.” The subject and location of this portrait are unknown. See: Peale’s Autobiography, in Lillian Miller, ed., Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale and his Family, V (1983): 25; Charles Coleman Sellers, […]
Philip Grymes was the son of John Grymes and Lucy Ludwell Grymes. He married Mary Randolph and was the father of Lucy, John, Philip, and Charles Grymes. He was the brother of Benjamin and Ludwell Grymes, Hannah and Lucy Grymes, and John and Alice Grymes. He lived at Brandon Plantation in Middlesex County. The portraits […]
Colonel John Grymes was the son of John and Alice Grymes. He married Lucy Ludwell and was the father of Hannah and Lucy Grymes, Phillip Grymes, John Grymes, Charles Grymes, Alice Grymes, and Benjamin and Ludwell Grymes. He built Brandon Plantation in Middlesex County. The artist is unknown, but may be Charles Bridges who painted […]
Mary Howell was the daughter of John Howell. She married Charles Lewis in 1717. Charles and Mary Howell Lewis settled at The Byrd plantation in Goochland County. This portrait bears strong stylistic similarity to the portraits of George and Rebecca Bonum Eskridge and the three Lyde-Tayloe family portraits. The portraits features a girl or young […]
Elizabeth Brown Wallace was the daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown and Frances Fowke of Maryland. She married Michael Wallace, who came from Scotland to serve as an indentured apprentice to her father. The couple relocated to Falmouth, Virginia and purchased land where they built Ellerslie Plantation in 1748. The subject wears a pink dress with […]
Richard Cocke V was the son of Richard Cocke IV. His first wife was Anne Claiborne and his second wife was Theodosia Cowley White. He lived at Shoal Bay. The artist of this portrait is unknown, though it appears the same artist painted his first wife. The attribution to John Durand is tentative. The style […]
Martha Wayles was the daughter of John Wayles and Martha Eppes Wayles. Her first husband was Bathurst Skelton, which died in 1768. She then married Thomas Jefferson in 1772. According to an Eppes family history, Martha Wayles Jefferson gave portraits of herself and Thomas Jefferson to her sister, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes (Mrs. Francis Eppes). Martha […]
Thomas Jefferson was the son of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph Jefferson. He married Martha Wayles in 1772. According to an Eppes family history, Martha Wayles Jefferson gave portraits of herself and Thomas Jefferson to her sister, Elizabeth Wayles Eppes (Mrs. Francis Eppes). Martha Wayles Jefferson died in 1782, so the portrait was likely painted […]
Ann Stith Bolling was the daughter of Major John Stith and Jane Gregory Stith. She was the wife of Robert Bolling, the mother of Robert Bolling, Jr., and grandmother of Martha Bolling Eppes (Mrs. Francis Eppes). A portrait of her along with one of her husband is said to have descended at Eppington with Eppes […]
Robert Bolling immigrated to Virginia and married first, Jane Rolfe, and second, Anne Stith. He was the father of Robert Bolling, Jr. and grandfather of Martha Bolling Eppes. A portrait of him is said to have descended at Eppington with Eppes descendants. Another portrait of this subject survives. It is unclear if this was an […]
Martha Bolling Eppes was the daughter of Robert Bolling, Jr. and Anne Cocke Bolling. She married Richard Eppes. Her son was Francis Eppes, who married Elizabeth Wayles and built Eppington. A portrait of her was said to have descended at Eppington. The location of the portrait is unknown. According to a family history, “so many […]
Richard Eppes was the son of Francis Eppes. His wife was Martha Bolling and his son was Francis Eppes, who married Elizabeth Wayles and built Eppington. A portrait of him was said to have descended at Eppington. The location of the portrait is unknown. According to a family history, “so many of the Eppington portraits […]
Eleanor Bowles of Maryland married William Gooch, Jr., son of the lieutenant governor Sir William Gooch, in 1740. He died in 1742. Her second husband was Warner Lewis. Apparently, William and Eleanor Bowles Gooch were painted in half-length portraits, which accompanied Sir William Gooch and Rebecca Staunton Gooch to England after Gooch retired in 1749. […]
William Gooch, Jr. was the only child of lieutenant governor Sir William Gooch and Rebecca Staunton Gooch. He married Eleanor Bowles of Maryland in 1740. They lived in Williamsburg at the Governor’s Palace with the elder Gooches. William Gooch, Jr. died in 1742. Governor Gooch retired and relocated to England in 1749. Apparently, William and […]
This portrait was once thought to be Lewis Willis (1734-1813). However, there is an identical painting featuring Peter Le Heup in the French Protestant Hospital Collection at the Huguenot Museum, Kent, England. Le Heup was the Agent for Virginia from 1722-1754. This makes it likely that a copy of the original portrait by Johannes Eckhardt […]
Robert Brodnax and his wife, whose name is unknown, were the parents of William Brodnax, who immigrated to Virginia. The portrait appears to be a late 17th-century English painting. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait represents a woman wearing a loose dress. She wears a pair of earrings. Her right […]
Robert Brodnax was the father of William Brodnax the immigrant who settled at Jamestown. Robert Brodnax was a goldsmith in Holborn. His wife’s name is unknown. This portrait appears to be a late 17th-century English portrait. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait represents a man wearing a lace cravat and […]
A portrait of “Mr. Brent” was left to Richard Willing Byrd in the will of Mary Willing Byrd and then seems to have disappeared from the record. Mr. Brent has not been identified. He was likely an acquaintance of William Byrd II or William Byrd III. See: Mary Willing Byrd, “The Will of Mrs. Mary […]
William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle was the royal governor of Virginia from 1737-1754, though he never came to the colony himself. A portrait of Albemarle was in the Harrison family in the early nineteenth century. It was at Brandon Plantation, home of the Harrisons who acquired many Byrd family portraits through the marriage […]
This portrait descended in the Byrd-Harrison family at Brandon plantation. The subject cannot be firmly identified. In the nineteenth century, he was called “Col. Allston of South Carolina.” The history of this identification is unclear and neither the Byrd nor the Harrison family have clear connections to the Allston family of South Carolina. Unless this […]
Edmund Berkeley was the son of Edmund Berkeley and Mary Kemp Berkeley. He lived at Barn Elms. His first wife was Mary Mason and his second wife was Lucy Burwell. His inventory included portraits of himself and his wife. Reference: 1718 Inventory of Barn Elms, “Home House Plantation,” includes, “his own and Ladies pictures, Eleven […]
Edmund Berkeley’s 1718 inventory included portraits of himself and his lady. His first wife was Mary Mason and his second wife was Lucy Burwell. Either woman could be the subject of the painting, but it seems more likely to have represented Lucy Burwell Berkeley. Reference: 1718 Inventory of Barn Elms, “Home House Plantation,” includes, “his […]
Ryland Randolph (ca. 1735-1784) of Turkey Island acquired portraits of Pocahontas and John Rolfe to hang in his house at Turkey Island. According to tradition, he learned of the existence of their portraits in England and requested to purchase them. He was sent them as a gift because he was a descendant. Pocahontas, who was […]
Ryland Randolph (ca. 1735-1784) of Turkey Island acquired portraits of Pocahontas and John Rolfe to hang in his house at Turkey Island. According to tradition, he learned of the existence of their portraits in England and requested to purchase them. He was sent them as a gift because he was a descendant. Pocahontas, who was […]
Margaret Reade Nelson was the wife of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown and the mother of William Nelson. She died before 1721, making it unlikely that she is the subject of this portrait. The dress and composition are similar to portraits from the 1740s and 1750s. The portrait also appears to have extensive overpainting, making it […]
Winterthur Decorative Art Photographic Collection (DAPC) records suggest that it may be Frances Parke Custis, daughter of John Custis IV and Frances Parke Custis. Frick Art Reference Library (FARL) suggests that it may represent Wilhelmina Byrd Chamberlayne, daughter of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd. It is unclear where these attributions originated. Dimensions: 30 […]
This portrait does not appear to be eighteenth century, unless it has extensive overpaint. It may be a copy of an original portrait. This portrait was identified by the owners. Dimensions: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm.) The portrait represents a man with a dark wig and a dark jacket. See: Colonial Dames […]
This portrait looks like a bust-length copy of the Hans Hysing portrait of William Byrd II. It is unclear where it was created or when and may be 19th century. Sold at Freeman’s Auction, 13 November 2012. […]
This portrait is listed in Alexander Wilbourne Weddell, ed., A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830 (1945), 112. […]
This portrait used to be called Judith Randolph Stith (Mrs. William Stith). However, research at the Muscarelle Museum has confirmed that it is not the said subject and it likely did not originate in Virginia. Dimensions: 38 x 30 in. (96.5 x 76.2 cm.) The portrait represents an older-looking woman wearing a dress with diamond […]
This portrait used to be called William Stith. However, research at the Muscarelle Museum has confirmed that it is not the said subject and it likely did not originate in Virginia. Dimensions: 40 1/2 x 30 in. (102.87 x 76.2 cm.) The subject wears cleric’s robes and has one hand on an upright book. A […]
This portrait was identified as Lawrence Washington by the owners. It is unclear why. The portrait shows a man with one hand on his hip and a hat under his arm. See: Winterthur Decorative Arts Photographic Collection. […]
This portrait is identified in FARL records as Charles Carter of Cleves. There are two other known portraits of the subject. One, by an unidentified artist, is at Colonial Williamsburg. The other, is known through the will of Charles Carter’s son-in-law, John Champe, and was by John Hesselius. This portrait does not appear to be […]
This portrait is believed to represent Mary Thomas Mason, daughter of George Mason III and Ann Thomson Mason. She was the sister of George Mason IV. She married Captain Samuel Selden in 1751. Reference: “Memo. It is my will and desire that my cousin, Frances Moncure, the wife of John Moncure, Clk, take care of […]
This portrait’s provenance is unclear making the sitter identification difficult to prove. It seems to have been identified as William Byrd II only in the 20th century. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a dark jacket and a long wig. His left hand holds a hat and his right […]
This portrait descended in the Mercer family. It was identified as a Byrd family member by the owners, but if it is from Virginia, is more likely a Mercer family member. Dimensions: 47 x 35 1/4 in. (119.38 x 89.54 cm.). The subject stands outdoors. She wears a dark dress, holds up a drape, and […]
This portrait is identified as Edmund Jenings, however, its style is close to John Wollaston’s style of the 1750s and the costume dates too late to be a life portrait. It may be another Jenings family member or a 19th-century copy of an original portrait. Dimensions: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm.) The […]
This portrait is listed in Alexander Wilbourne Weddell, ed., A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830 (1945), 137. It is not illustrated. […]
Anne Shippen Willing was the mother of Mary Willing Byrd. She was the wife of the prominent merchant Charles Willing of Philadelphia. Mary Willing Byrd married William Byrd III of Westover in 1761. She presumably brought a portrait of her mother with her to Virginia. Reference: “a portrait of my honored mother, as I find […]
This portrait is a copy of a ca. 1695 portrait of Sir Robert Southwell by Sir Godfrey Kneller given to the Royal Society of London by Southwell. Southwell was a mentor of William Byrd II and sponsored Byrd’s election to the Royal Society. It is possible that Byrd commissioned the copy of the portrait as […]
Lady Elizabeth Southwell was married to William Byrd II’s friend, Edward Southwell, and was the daughter-in-law of Sir Robert Southwell. She was Elizabeth Cromwell before her marriage. William Byrd II called her “Facetia” and sent her love letters before her marriage to Southwell. The attribution to Sir Godfrey Kneller is based on the style and […]
This portrait was acquired by William Byrd II. The subject was likely the wife of Sir Robert Southwell, née Elizabeth Dering (1649-1682), or more likely, the daughter of Sir Robert Southwell, also named Elizabeth. William Byrd II would not have known Elizabeth Dering Southwell. However, he socialized with Elizabeth Southwell the younger as recorded in […]
Sir William Blathwayt was a powerful official and a patron of William Byrd I and William Byrd II of Westover who acquired his portrait. Reference: A portrait of “William Blaithwhite” was bequeathed to William Powell Byrd by Mary Willing Byrd See: Mary Willing Byrd, “The Will of Mrs. Mary Willing Byrd, of Westover, 1813, with […]
red John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll was a powerful friend and patron of William Byrd II of Westover. Argyll was a repeated patron of the Scottish artist, William Aikman, which is the basis of the artist attribution. Byrd’s London Diary records his request of Argyll’s portrait. The portrait descended in the Byrd family. References: […]
Sir Charles Wager was a powerful official. The portrait descended in the Byrd family and was likely acquired by William Byrd II. The attribution to Gibson is based on similarity to other portraits of Wager by the artist. It may be a copy after an original portrait of the subject. Reference: Bequeathed to Richard Willing […]
Robert Walpole was one of the most powerful men in Parliament in the 1720s and 1730s. This portrait was likely commissioned by William Byrd II of Westover. It descended in the Byrd family. Reference: A portrait of “Ld. Oxford” was bequeathed to Charles Willing Byrd by Mary Willing Byrd. However, she likely misidentified the subject. […]
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was President of the Royal Society of London when William Byrd II of Westover was elected. A nearly identical portrait of the subject from 1714 attributed to Michael Dahl is in the collection of the Royal Society. This portrait may be a copy after an original portrait by Dahl. […]
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery was a friend of William Byrd II of Westover. This portrait was likely given to Byrd as part of a portrait exchange. Orrery owned a portrait of William Byrd by the artist Hans Hysing. This portrait descended in the Byrd family. Reference: The portrait of “Lord Orrery” was bequeathed […]
Sir Wilfrid Lawson was a friend of William Byrd II of Westover. A very similar portrait of William Byrd II was given to Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery. This portrait of Lawson descended in the Byrd family. Reference: “Sir Wilfried Lawson” portrait was bequeathed to Charles Willing Byrd in Mary Willing Byrd’s will Dimensions: […]
Mary Churchill, Duchess of Montagu was married to John Churchill, 2nd Duke of Montagu. She was the daughter of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and his wife, Sarah. This is a copy after an original portrait still in the collection of the Duchess’s descendants at Boughton House. This copy, commissioned by William Byrd II, […]
This portrait was called “Mr Blunt” in the 1813 will of Mary Willing Byrd, however, that appears to have been an error. It was once identified as Martha Blount, but is now believed to represent her sister, Teresa Blount. The sisters were prominent social figures in the 1710s and close to the author Alexander Pope. […]
The subject of this portrait remains unidentified. It was called “Barrister Dutton” when Colonial Williamsburg acquired it from Byrd family descendants. A “Mr. Dutton” was left to William Powell Byrd in Mary Willing Byrd’s will. He was likely an English acquaintance of William Byrd II’s. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The […]
Jane Pratt Taylor was the widow of Thomas Taylor, brother of Maria Taylor Byrd, the second wife of William Byrd II of Westover. She lived in England and maintained correspondence with the Byrd family. This portrait descended in the Byrd family. References: “We often discourse you in effigie, and call the painter a bungler for […]
John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont was a friend of William Byrd II of Westover. This portrait is a smaller, simpler copy of a portrait with a more elaborate background by Hans Hysing now in the collection of Oglethorpe University, Georgia. This portrait descended in the Byrd family and remains in a private collection. References: […]
In his Autobiography, Charles Willson Peale recorded painting Dr. Williams and his wife in Accomack County. The location and subject are unknown. Reference: “During the stay of Peale in Accomack he painted the portraits of Doctr. Williams & Lady,” in Peale’s Autobiography See: Peale’s Autobiography, in Lillian Miller, ed., Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale […]
In his Autobiography, Charles Willson Peale recorded painting Dr. Williams and his wife in Accomack County. The location and subject are unknown. Reference: “During the stay of Peale in Accomack he painted the portraits of Doctr. Williams & Lady,” in Peale’s Autobiography See: Peale’s Autobiography, in Lillian Miller, ed., Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale […]
The subject identification is based on the owner/family tradition and is taken from the only public record found of the portrait. Dimensions: 36 x 28 in. (91.44 x 71.12 cm.) The portrait shows a man wearing a dark jacket with a lighter waistcoat and a white wig. He holds a book with his right hand, […]
Elizabeth Carter was the daughter of Robert Carter II and Priscilla Carter. She married Francis Willis (1717-1782) of Whitehall in Gloucester County. Dimensions: approximately 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.5 cm.) See: FARL […]
Francis Willis was the son of Francis and Sarah Willis of Gloucester County. The subject wears a dark jacket and long wig. His left hand rests on a dog’s head and his right is on a walking stick. See: Clarke County Historical Association Records. […]
Henry Willis was involved with the planning of Fredericksburg. He was the son of Francis and Sarah Willis of Gloucester County and lived at Willis Hill in Fredericksburg. The portrait was likely painted in England. The subject wars a brown jacket and a white wig. He stands in front of a column and holds an […]
Priscilla Willis was the daughter of Francis Willis and Elizabeth Carter Willis of Whitehall. She married William Kennon, likely in the early 1760s. The portrait appears to have descended with one of her mother. Dimensions: approximately 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.5 cm.) The subject wears a dress with ruffled trim on the bodice. […]
It is difficult to find information on the subject. It is believed to represent the wife of John Winn of Jessamine Lawn, Hanover County. It is possible that it was painted in England. It descended in the family. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a wrap dress with a […]
Jane Bowles was from Maryland. She married Ralph Wormeley IV of Rosegill. She was the mother of Ralph Wormeley V. Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (125.73 x 100.33 cm.) The subject wears a gold Van Dyck-inspired dress with a bow of pearls on her neckline. She stands outdoors. […]
Ralph Wormeley IV was the son of John Wormeley and Elizabeth Tayloe Wormeley. He inherited Rosegill Plantation from his uncle, Ralph Wormeley III. He married Jane Bowles of Maryland and was the father of Ralph Wormeley V. Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (125.73 x 100.33 cm.) The subject wears a brown jacket with […]
Ralph Wormeley IV was the son of John Wormeley and Elizabeth Tayloe Wormeley. He inherited Rosegill Plantation from his uncle, Ralph Wormeley III. He married Jane Bowles of Maryland. It is unclear where this second copy hung, as the subject was also painted in a half-length portrait by the same artist. Dimensions: 30 x 25 […]
Ralph Wormeley V was the son of Ralph Wormeley IV and Jane Bowles Wormeley of Rosegill. He married Eleanor Tayloe of Mount Airy in 1772. He was also painted as young man by Robert Edge Pine. Dimensions: 27 x 25 in. (68.58 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a gold jacket trimmed with silver embroidered. […]
Ralph Wormeley V was the son of Ralph Wormeley IV and Jane Bowles Wormeley of Rosegill. He married Eleanor Tayloe of Mount Airy in 1772. He studied first at Eton in England and then at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. This portrait was painted while he was in England. He was also painted as a child by […]
Nathaniel Bacon emigrated to Virginia in the 1650s. His primary residence by the end of his life was on King’s Creek in York County. He had no children and left his estate to his niece, Abigail Smith, who married Lewis Burwell. See: Alexander Wilbourne Weddell, ed., A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830 (1945), […]
The portrait represents a young girl leaning on a stone pillar holding a small flower. The provenance and the subject identification is unclear. It is said to be Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. Dimensions: 43 1/4 x 25 in. (109.86 x 63.5 cm.) See: Winterthur Decorative Arts Photographic Collection. […]
This pastel portrait, identified by family tradition, is said to be an English relative of the Bolling family. Dimensions: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm.) See: Alexander Wilbourne Weddell, ed., A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830 (1945), after p.98. […]
The attribution of this portrait is unclear. It is unlikely to be an eighteenth-century portrait of Evelyn Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd. Its provenance before it was acquired by the donor is unclear. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.66 x 60.96 cm.) Represents a woman wearing a silver wrap dress […]
This portrait descended in the Mercer family. It was identified as a Byrd family member by the owners, but if it is from Virginia, is more likely a Mercer family member. Dimensions: 47 x 35 1/2 in. (119.38 x 90.17 cm.) The subject wear a wig, a dark jacket, a light waistcoat, and has his […]
This portrait was identified as Evelyn or Wilhelmina Byrd, daughters of William Byrd II. However, its provenance is unclear. It may be a nineteenth-century portrait or copy or it may have heavy overpainting. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a wrap dress with a belt and holds a sprig […]
The portrait is identified as a Byrd family member, but its provenance is unclear. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.66 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a wrap dress with a dark drape. She holds a basket of fruit and stands outdoors next to a stone pillar. On top of the pillar is a vase […]
Elizabeth Tayloe was the daughter of John Tayloe I and Elizabeth Gwynne Tayloe. She was the twin sister of John Tayloe II of Mount Airy from whom this portrait descended. Elizabeth Tayloe married Richard Corbin of Laneville. She was painted as an older woman by Charles Willson Peale. The portrait is overpainted. Her costume is […]
Elizabeth Gwynne was the daughter of David Gwynne and Catherine Gwynne. Her first husband was Stephen Lyde and her son by her first marriage was David Lyde. She married John Tayloe of Mount Airy and was the mother of John Tayloe II. Dimensions: 25 x 24 in. (63.5 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a […]
John Tayloe was the son of William Tayloe and Anne Corbin Tayloe. He married Elizabeth Gwynne. He lived at Mount Airy Plantation. Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (71.76 x 61.6 cm.) The subject wears a white wig with a ponytail over his right shoulder and a black jacket. He appears inside a painted […]
John Tayloe II was the son of John Tayloe I and Elizabeth Gwynne Tayloe of Mount Airy. He married Rebecca Plater from Maryland. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.5 cm.) The subject is standing outdoors. He wears a blue jacket and white waistcoat. His left elbow rests on a stone plinth and his […]
Rebecca Plater was from Maryland. She married John Tayloe II of Annapolis. The daughter in the portrait could be Elizabeth (1750-1825), Rebecca (1752-1797), Anne (1753-1835), or, least likely, Eleanor (1755-1815). Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.5 cm.) The portrait represents a woman seated in a red upholstered chair wearing a silver Van Dyck-inspired […]
Dorothy Waller was the daughter of Benjamin Waller of Williamsburg. She married Henry Tazewell. She was likely painted in Williamsburg. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a pale pink, Roman-style dress with a blue and gold sash around her waist, a rose at her breast, pearls in her hair, […]
Henry Tazewell was the son of Littleton Tazewell and Mary Gray Tazewell of Brunswick County. He married Dorothy Waller. He was likely painted in Williamsburg. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a blue jacket and waistcoat with large gold buttons. His left arm is draped around the back of […]
Mary Juxon married Samuel Timson, who emigrated from London. They lived in York County on Queen’s Creek. Their portraits descended in the family and their identifications are based on family history. Dimensions: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a wrap dress with a drape. She is inside a painted oval […]
Samuel Timson emigrated from London and married Mary Juxon. They lived in York County on Queen’s Creek. Their portraits descended in the family and their identifications are based on family history. Dimensions: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a wig and a robe and appears in a painted oval frame. […]
The 1738 inventory of Dr. Charles Brown of Williamsburg included “two famly pictures not appraised.” See: York County Inventory of Charles Brown […]
The 1738 inventory of Dr. Charles Brown of Williamsburg included “two famly pictures not appraised.” See: York County Inventory of Charles Brown […]
The subject of this portrait is unknown. It appears to date roughly to the 1720s-1740s based on costume and style. The subject wears a red jacket and waistcoat, a light gray wig, and appears in a painted oval frame. See: Graham Hood, Charles Bridges and William Dering: Two Virginia Painters, 1735-1750 (1978), 78. […]
Jane Bolling Randolph was the daughter of Richard Randolph and Jane Bolling Randolph of Curles. She married Anthony Walke of Fairfield plantation in Princess Anne County in 1750. The portrait descended in the Walke family. Dimensions: 36 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. (92 x 71.76 cm.) The subject wears a blue Van Dyck inspired dress […]
Nathaniel Walthoe immigrated to Virginia before 1744 and was a clerk of the Virginia Assembly. According to Byrd family tradition, Walthoe gave this portrait to his friend, William Byrd II of Westover along with “a diamond ring to the Second Col. Byrd, upon condition that he would permit his portrait to hang up in the […]
The original portrait was destroyed in a 1916 fire at Rosewell plantation. Copies of the portrait and family history indicate that he was dressed in robes as Speaker of the House and wearing a long wig. The portrait was likely painted in England before 1681. See: Merrow Egerton Sorley, Lewis of Warner Hall: The History […]
George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. He married Martha Dandrige Custis and lived at Mount Vernon. References: “I am now contrary to all expectation under the hands of Mr. Peale; but in so grave–so sullen a Mood–and now and then under the influence of Morpheus, when some critical strokes […]
Jane Champe was the daughter of Colonel John Champe and Jane Thornton Champe. She was the first wife of Samuel Washington, brother of George Washington. They lived on Chotank Creek in Stafford County. Dimensions: 48 3/8 x 38 1/4 in. (122.87 x 97.16 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with a jeweled clasp and […]
Samuel Washington was the son of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. He was the brother of George Washington. His first wife was Jane Champe. Samuel Washington lived at Chotank Creek before building Harewood in the 1770s. Dimensions: 48 3/8 x 38 1/4 in. (122.87 x 97.16 cm.) The subject wears a green jacket and […]
Lawrence Washington was the son of Augustine Washington. He was the half-brother of George Washington. Upon his death, George Washington inherited Mount Vernon. This portrait has overpainting. Dimensions: 30 1/2 in. x 25 in. (77.47 cm x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a red jacket with gold buttons over a green waistcoat with gold trim. […]
Matthew Whaley was the son of James Whaley and Mary Page Whaley. The portrait descended in the Jaquelin-Ambler family. According to family tradition, Mary Whaley left the portrait to the Jaquelin family. Matthew Whaley was a cousin of the Jaquelin family. This could be a member of the Jacquelin, Brodnax, or Ambler family. The subject […]
This portrait is known from a 1750s copy by the artist John Wollaston, which was painted for William Randolph III of Wilton. William Randolph II was the son of William Randolph I and Mary Isham Randolph. He lived at Turkey Island. […]
This is believed to be a copy painted by John Wollaston after a lost original. This portrait by Wollaston was painted for William Randolph III of Wilton. William Randolph II was the son of William Randolph I and Mary Isham Randolph. He lived at Turkey Island. Dimensions: 36 x 29 in. (91.44 x 73.66 cm.) […]
William Randolph III was the son of William Randolph II and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph of Turkey Island. He inherited land at Wilton Plantation and built a home there in the 1750s. He married Anne Harrison of Berkeley. Dimensions: 36 x 29 in. (91.44 x 73.66 cm.) The subject wears a gray-brown jacket and waistcoat with […]
William Randolph was a son of Thomas and Judith Randolph of Tuckahoe. He was a grandson of William Randolph I and Mary Isham Randolph of Turkey Island. William Randolph married Maria Judith Page of Rosewell and lived at Tuckahoe. Graham Hood tentatively attributed the portrait to William Dering. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.8 x […]
William Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary Randolph of Tuckahoe. Dimensions: 29 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (74.3 x 59.69 cm.) The subject wears a white and pale pink embroidered gown with a blue ribbon around his waist and knotted at his side. He holds a small brown and white […]
A picture of “Judge Richardson to ye waste” appears in the 1660 probate inventory of Thomas Ludlow of York County. See: York County Records; Lyon G. Tyler, “Temple Farm,” William & Mary Quarterly 11, 1 (1893), 3. […]
The inventory of Christopher Robinson (1681-1727) of Hewick in Middlesex County included “a picture of the Bishop of London,” who was his uncle, John Robinson. John Robinson was named Bishop of London in 1714. It is possible that the portrait owned by his family in Virginia was painted before his appointment as Bishop of London. […]
Francis Hargreaves, a tutor of the Churchill family at Wilton in the 1770s, recorded seeing “family pictures drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller” at Windsor plantation, home of the Clayton family. Unfortunately, it is unknown which family members were represented or who painted them. At the time Hargreaves saw the portraits, Jasper Clayton, son of John […]
John Champe’s 1775 will bequeathed to his wife, Anne Carter Champe, “four pictures drawn last by Hesselius, to-wit: Col. Charles Carter and Anne his wife, my own and the said Anne Champe.” Anne Carter Champe was the daughter of Charles Carter and Anne Byrd Carter of Cleves. See: King George County Wills, John Champe will, […]
John Champe’s 1775 will bequeathed to his wife, Anne Carter Champe, “four pictures drawn last by Hesselius, to-wit: Col. Charles Carter and Anne his wife, my own and the said Anne Champe.” Anne Carter Champe was the daughter of Charles Carter and Anne Byrd Carter of Cleves. John and Anne Carter married in 1762. See: […]
John Champe’s 1775 will bequeathed to his wife, Anne Carter Champe, “four pictures drawn last by Hesselius, to-wit: Col. Charles Carter and Anne his wife, my own and the said Anne Champe.” Anne Carter Champe was the daughter of Charles Carter and Anne Byrd Carter of Cleves. John and Anne Carter married in 1762. See: […]
John Robinson was the son of John Robinson and Catherine Beverley Robinson. He lived at Mt. Pleasant in King and Queen County. Robinson married first, Mary Storey, second, Lucy Moore, and third, Susanna Chiswell of Williamsburg. After his death, his estate was sold and his daughter, Susanna Robinson Nelson (Mrs. Robert Nelson) of Malvern Hill […]
Ann Fitzhugh was the daughter of Henry and Susannah Cooke Fitzhugh of Bedford. She married the Scottish emigrant Reverend Robert Rose. Her daughter was Susannah Rose Lawson (Mrs. Gavin Lawson). Robert Rose died in 1751. The couple had lived at Bear Garden in Albemarle County but she probably relocated to Stafford County following his death. […]
Mary Orange Rothery was married to Matthew Rothery, a Norfolk merchant who died before 1772. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.8 x 64.5 cm.) The subject wears a blue damask gown. A large bow and a floral brooch are at her neckline. She wears a corded necklace and a ribbon choker. She wears large earrings, […]
Dr. John de Sequerya was a Jewish Portuguese doctor who lived in Williamsburg. He immigrated to Virginia in 1745. Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (59.69 x 49.21 cm.) The subject is shown inside a painted masonry oval frame wearing a white wig, brown jacket, and black waistcoat. A pale pink drape is wrapped […]
Anne Butler Brayne married Alexander Spotswood in England in 1724 and immigrated to Virginia in 1729. The couple settled at Germanna. Her husband was painted by Charles Bridges in 1736. It is unclear if Anne was painted in England or in Virginia but if she was painted in Virginia, it is possible that the original […]
Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier. He fought under the Duke of Marlborough in the War of Spanish Succession. He was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1710-1722) before settling at Germanna in Spotsylvania County in 1729. He married Anne Butler Brayne while in England in 1724. Another version of this portrait descended in the Spotswood family […]
Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier. He fought under the Duke of Marlborough in the War of Spanish Succession. He was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1710-1722) before settling at Germanna in Spotsylvania County in 1729. He married Anne Butler Brayne while in England in 1724. This portrait descended in the Spotswood family through a grandson […]
Elizabeth Buckner Stith was the daughter of William Buckner and Katherine Ballard Buckner. She married Colonel Drury Stith (d. 1740). They lived in Prince George County. The portrait descended in the family of her son, Griffin Stith of Brunswick County. The portrait was likely painted in Williamsburg. Dimensions: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 […]
Frances Peyton was the daughter of John Peyton. She married John Tabb of Amelia County in 1770. Another version of this portrait was recorded with the inscription “Frances Tabb, Age 23, J. Durand, Painter, 1775.” It is unclear what the relationship between the two portraits is. Dimensions: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.58 cm.) […]
Jane Bolling was the daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kennon Bolling of Cobbs. She married Richard Randolph of Curles Neck. The portrait was restored and has overpainting. It is sometimes attributed to John Hesselius, but it bears more resemblance to John Wollaston, as do the portraits identified as her husband, son, and daughter-in-law. Dimensions: […]
Lucy Randolph was the daughter of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton. She married Lewis Burwell. This portrait was presumably commissioned by her mother and it descended at Wilton. Dimensions: 36 x 28 1/2 in. (91.44 x 72.39 cm.) The subject is outdoors. She wears a pink dress with blue trim, lace, […]
Lucy Bolling was the daughter of Robert Bolling II and Anne Bolling. She married Peter Randolph of Chatsworth. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with a white stomacher and a bow at her neckline. A book of sheet music rests open in her lap. Her left […]
Lucy Bolling was the daughter of Robert Bolling II and Anne Bolling. She married Peter Randolph of Chatsworth. If the subject identification is correct, this is probably the portrait that hung at Westover Plantation, home of the Byrd family. Reference: Mary Willing Byrd’s 1813 will bequeathed “unto Mrs. Eliza. Randolph the portraits of Col. Peter […]
Maria Judith Page was the daughter of Mann Page I and Judith Page of Rosewell. She married William Randolph of Tuckahoe. Graham Hood tentatively attributed this portrait to William Dering. Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (75.57 x 62.23 cm.) The subject is represented outdoors in front of a tree. Pearls are entwined in […]
Mary Isham was the daughter of Henry and Katherine Isham. She married William Randolph of Turkey Island. This portrait appears to have descended at Wilton Plantation, home of William Randolph III. The subject is identified by family tradition. There is a possibility that this portrait actually represents Elizabeth Beverley Randolph (Mrs. William Randolph II). Dimensions: […]
Peter Randolph of Chatsworth was the son of William Randolph II and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph. He was a brother of William Randolph III. This portrait was commissioned by William Randolph III for his home at Wilton. There is a half-length portrait of the subject that originally hung at Chatsworth and another kit-cat size version. Dimensions: […]
Peter Randolph of Chatsworth was the son of William Randolph II and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph. He was a brother of William Randolph III. This portrait may be the one that hung at Westover Plantation with the Byrd family. There are two other versions of this portrait, one at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture […]
Peter Randolph of Chatsworth was the son of William Randolph II and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph of Turkey Island. He married Lucy Bolling. There are two other versions of this portrait, one at Colonial Williamsburg and one at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject […]
Peter Randolph was the son of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton Plantation. Dimensions: 35 x 30 in. (88.9 x 76.2 cm.) The subject wears a gray jacket and waistcoat with silver buttons. His left hand is tucked into his waistcoat and his right hand is on his hip. A green curtain […]
Peyton Randolph was the son of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton Plantation. Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 29 in. (92.1 x 73.7 cm.) The subject stands outdoors in front of a tree and landscape. He wears a blue jacket over white waistcoat with gold buttons. His arms are crossed over a walking […]
Peyton Randolph was the son of Sir John Randolph and Susannah Beverley Randolph. He married Elizabeth Harrison of Berkeley. They lived in Williamsburg. The subject was also painted by Charles Willson Peale for the Williamsburg Masonic Lodge. Possible reference: “I give to Edmund Randolph Esqr nephew of my dear departed Husband the Family Picture the […]
Peyton Randolph was the son of Sir John Randolph and Susannah Beverley Randolph. He married Elizabeth Harrison of Berkeley. They lived in Williamsburg. There is another portrait believed to represent this subject by John Wollaston. Charles Willson Peale painted a full-length portrait of Peyton Randolph in the Masonic sash and jewels and other accouterments for […]
Richard Randolph was the son of Richard Randolph, Sr. and Jane Bolling Randolph of Curles. He married Anne Meade. Dimensions: 36 x 27 1/2 in. (91.44 x 69.85 cm.) The subject wears a blue jacket over a white waistcoat. His left hand is tucked into his waistcoat and a hat is tucked under his left […]
Richard Randolph was the son of William Randolph and Mary Isham Randolph of Turkey Island. The subject is identified by family tradition, though he died in 1748/9 before John Wollaston arrived in Virginia. The face bears strong affinity to Wollaston’s other portraits. It is possible that this was a copy after an original portrait or […]
Ryland Randolph was the son of Richard Randolph and Jane Bolling Randolph. He lived at Turkey Island. Dimensions: 35 3/4 x 28 in. (90.81 x 71.12 cm.) The subject wears a blue jacket and waistcoat with gold buttons and buttonholes. His right hand is on his hip and his left elbow rests on a stone […]
Thomas Mann Randolph was the son of William Randolph and Maria Judith Page Randolph of Tuckahoe Plantation. The portrait appears to have descended in the family. Dimensions: 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. (128.27 x 102.87 cm.) The subject wears a dark jacket over a white waistcoat. The cuffs of the jacket are trimmed. A […]
According to FARL records, the portrait represents a woman of the Randolph woman and was associated with Turkey Island. The subject is unknown. Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (64.77 x 54.61 cm.) The subject wears a blue-green dress with a light blue stomacher and a white cap. She appears inside a painted oval […]
This portrait is heavily restored. It is believed to be a copy of a lost original and was painted for William Randolph III of Wilton. William Randolph I immigrated to Virginia as a young man ca. 1672 and settled at Turkey Island. He married Mary Isham. Dimensions: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.58 cm.) […]
This portrait is known from a 1750s copy by the artist John Wollaston, which was painted for William Randolph III of Wilton. William Randolph I immigrated to Virginia as a young man ca. 1672 and settled at Turkey Island. He married Mary Isham. […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
The donor identified the subject as William Pettit of Northumberland County. The costume is roughly 1690-1720. Dimensions: 30 in. x 25 in., oval (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a long gray wig, a blue-green jacket with a jeweled clasp, and a red drape around his shoulders. The canvas is oval-shaped. […]
This portrait was listed in Barry Kessler, “A Descriptive and Analytical Catalogue of the Paintings of John Durand.” (BA Thesis, Yale University, 1980). Dimensions: 36 x 28 in. (91.44 x 71.12 cm.) […]
William Prentis was a successful Williamsburg merchant. He married Mary Brooke. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm.) The subject wears a brown jacket and waistcoat and holds a letter in his hand. He is turned three-quarters to his left. See: Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum; Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, […]
Charles X. Harris painted a copy of a unlocated original portrait in the 1930s. Susanna Smith married William Preston in 1761 and they built and settled at Smithfield plantation in 1774. She was from Hanover Courthouse. The subject wears a yellow dress adorned with pearls and lace. She is inside a painted oval frame. […]
Charles X. Harris painted a copy of a unlocated original portrait in the 1930s. It is thought that the original artist was Charles Willson Peale. William Preston emigrated as a boy from Ireland with his family. He married Susanna Smith in 1761. They built and settled at Smithfield plantation in 1774. […]
George Purdie was a Scottish immigrant and merchant of Smithfield. He married Mary Robinson. The portrait was likely painted in Smithfield or Williamsburg. Dimensions: 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm.) The subject wears a red jacket waistcoat. His left hand is tucked into his waistcoat. His right hand holds a letter or bill […]
Mary Robinson Purdie was the wife of George Purdie, a Smithfield merchant. She was the daughter of Major Anthony Robinson and Diana Starkey Robinson. The portrait was likely painted in Smithfield or Williamsburg. The portrait is tentatively attributed to John Durand, although Durand was not previously recorded in Virginia before 1769. Dimensions: 32 x 26 […]
Anne Randolph was the daughter of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton. She later married Benjamin Harrison of Brandon Plantation. She was painted as an adult by Francis Cotes. Dimensions: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm.) The portrait represents a young girl standing inside a faux masonry frame. She wears […]
Anne Harrison Randolph was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Anne Carter Harrison of Berkeley. She married William Randolph III of Wilton. Dimensions: 36 x 30 in. (91.44 x 76.2 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with bows open over a brown underskirt. Her left hand is raised to her neckline and her right […]
Anne Meade was the daughter of David Meade and Susannah Everard Meade. She married Richard Randolph, Jr. of Curles Neck. Dimensions: 36 x 27 1/2 in. (91.44 x 69.85 cm.) The subject wears a pink, Van Dyck-inspired dress with a pearl bow at her neckline. She holds a closed fan at her waist. […]
Beverley Randolph was the son of William Randolph II and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph of Turkey Island. He married Elizabeth Lightfoot but died childless. Family tradition identifies the subject as Beverley, though he died before Wollaston arrived in Virginia. It appears that his brother, William Randolph III commissioned this portrait for his home at Wilton Plantation. […]
This subject is identified by family tradition. This is a copy painted by John Wollaston in the 1750s of a portrait by an unknown artist. This portrait was commissioned by the subject’s son, William Randolph III of Wilton. Elizabeth Beverley was the daughter of Peter Beverley and Elizabeth Peyton Beverley. She married William Randolph II […]
The subject is identified by family tradition. The original portrait is known only from a 1750s copy painted by John Wollaston. The original likely hung at her home at Turkey Island. Elizabeth Beverley was the daughter of Peter Beverley and Elizabeth Peyton Beverley. She married William Randolph II of Turkey Island. There is a possibility […]
Elizabeth Harrison was the daughter of Benjamin and Anne Carter Harrison of Berkeley. She married Peyton Randolph of Williamsburg. The subject is identified by family tradition. The portrait was commissioned by William Randolph III of Wilton, who was married to the subject’s sister, Anne Harrison Randolph. William Randolph III was also a cousin of Peyton […]
Elizabeth Randolph was the daughter of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton. She later married Philip Ludwell Grymes. Dimensions: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.44 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with white sleeves. She is turned three-quarters to her left. She has pink flowers and ribbons in her hair. […]
Isham Randolph was the son of William Randolph I and Mary Isham Randolph of Turkey Island. He was a prominent ship captain who eventually settled at Dungeness Plantation around 1730. He married Jane Rogers in London. A modern inscription on the back of the canvas states that this portrait was painted in 1729 but it […]
John Page was the son of Mann Page I and Judith Carter Page of Rosewell. He built a home at North End in the 1740s. He married Jane Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd. Dimensions: 43 x 33 in. (109.22 x 83.82 cm.) The subject wears a brown jacket over a […]
John Page immigrated to Virginia in the 1650s along with his brother, Matthew Page, and sister. He built a home at Middle Plantation in the 1660s, which became Williamsburg. The portrait was painted in England. An inscription over 19th-century overpaint stated, “AE Suae 32 Ao Dom 1660 London.” It is unknown if this was a […]
The portrait descended in the Page family and has long been identified as Judith Carter Page. If so, she was at least sixty when John Wollaston painted her. It is possible that this represents another member of the family. It descended with a portrait identified variously as Matthew Page and Mann Page I. Their similar […]
Mann Page II was the son Mann Page and Judith Carter Page. He finished building Rosewell Plantation after his father’s death. His first wife was Alice Grymes and his second wife was Anne Corbin Tayloe. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a dark red coat and waistcoat and appears […]
Mann Page II was the son Mann Page and Judith Carter Page. He finished building Rosewell Plantation after his father’s death. His first wife was Alice Grymes and his second wife was Anne Corbin Tayloe. The subject was also painted by John Wollaston. Dimensions: 45 x 35 in (114.3 x 88.9 cm.) The subject wears […]
Mann Page III and Elizabeth Page were the children of Mann Page II and Anne Corbin Tayloe Page of Rosewell. Elizabeth Page later married Benjamin Harrison of Brandon and was painted as an adult by Charles Willson Peale. Dimensions: 49 x 40 in. (124.46 x 101.6 cm.) The portrait represents two children outdoors. On the […]
This portrait descended at Rosewell with other Page family portraits, but the subject attribution is uncertain. She is often called Martha Page. Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (67.31 x 56.51 cm.) The subject wears a yellow gown with a blue drape around her. Her right hand is at her breast. She is turned […]
Mary Mann Page married first, Matthew Page, and then John Page. This portrait has been extensively overpainted. It is hard to date. If this is the portrait of Mary Mann Page mentioned in John Page’s will, it was likely painted along with her children and her husband’s portraits before 1703. It may also be another […]
This portrait was identified as Matthew Page by descendants when it was gifted to the Muscarelle Museum. However, Matthew Page died over fifty years before John Wollaston arrived in Virginia. The same donor identified the portrait as Mann Page in a family history publication. Mann Page died twenty-five years before Wollaston arrived in Virginia. This […]
John Page was the son of Mann Page II and Alice Grymes Page and the half-brother of Mann Page III and Elizabeth Page and Robert Page. He inherited Rosewell. Dimensions: 48 x 38 in. (121.92 x 96.52 cm.) The subject sits outdoors and leans against a grass-covered stone plinth. He wears a gold jacket and […]
Robert Page was the son of Mann Page II and Anne Corbin Tayloe Page. He was a younger brother of Mann Page III and Elizabeth Page and half-brother of John Page. The portrait descended in the Page family. The life dates of the Page children are difficult to confirm. It is possible that this portrait […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were Frances Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his family in Virginia behind and sought a career in England. He served […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were Frances Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his family in Virginia behind and sought a career in England. He served […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were France Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his family in Virginia behind and sought a career in England. He served […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were Frances Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his family in Virginia behind and sought a career in England. He served […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were Frances Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his family in Virginia behind and sought a career in England. He served […]
Daniel Parke was the son of Daniel Parke and Rebecca Evelyn Parke. He married Jane Ludwell in ca. 1685. Jane Ludwell was the daughter of Philip Ludwell and Lucy Higginson Ludwell. His two legitimate daughters who survived to adulthood were France Parke (Mrs. John Custis) and Lucy Parke (Mrs. William Byrd II). He left his […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
In 1709, probably following the death of Jane Ludwell Parke, John Custis took an inventory of the Parke family home at Queen’s Creek in York County. He recorded seven family pictures. The subjects of these portraits are unknown. It is also unclear what happened to the portraits. See: “Schedule containing an account of all the […]
Thomas Nelson was the son of William Nelson and Elizabeth Burwell Nelson of Yorktown. He was painted in England while living abroad for school. Dimensions: 29 1/8 x 24 3/8 in. (74.8 x 61.4 cm.) The subject wears a gray jacket over a brown waistcoat. His right hand is tucked into his waistcoat and a […]
William Nelson was the son of Thomas Nelson and Margaret Reade Nelson. He married Elizabeth Burwell of Fairfield Plantation. He was the father of Thomas Nelson and Hugh Nelson. This portrait, the portrait of the subject’s wife Elizabeth, and a portrait of William’s sister, Mary Nelson Berkeley, are attributed to the artist Robert Feke because […]
Hugh Nelson was a son of William Nelson and Elizabeth Burwell Nelson of Yorktown. He married Judith Page in late 1770 or 1771. His portrait was destroyed by a fire in 1899. His portrait is attributed to Peale based on the existence of a portrait of his wife. See: Charles Coleman Sellers, “Charles Willson Peale […]
Judith Page was the daughter of John Page and Jane Byrd Page. She married Hugh Nelson of Yorktown in late 1770 or 1771. Dimensions: 23 x 18 1/4 in. (58.42 x 46.36 cm.) The subject wears a pale purple dress with a sheer scarf, a pearl necklace, and pearls in her hair. She is inside […]
This portrait descended with the portraits of her husband, Thomas Newton, son, Thomas Newton, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Martha Tucker Newton and were recorded in the early twentieth century. It is assumed that John Durand painted the entire family group. See: Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum […]
This portrait descended with the portraits of his wife, Amy Hutchings Newton, son, Thomas Newton, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Martha Tucker Newton and were recorded in the early twentieth century. It is assumed that John Durand painted the entire family group. See: Colonial Williamsburg eMuseum […]
Martha Tucker was the daughter of Robert Tucker and Joanna Corbin Tucker of Norfolk. She married Thomas Newton, Jr. Thomas Newton III was their eldest son. Dimensions: 48 1/2 x 37 1/8 in. (123.19 x 94.3 cm.) The portrait represents a woman wearing a pink sack-back dress with ruching, silver trim, and lace. She wears […]
Thomas Newton was the son of Thomas and Amy Hutchings Newton of Norfolk. He married Martha Tucker. Dimensions: 47 7/8 x 36 7/16 in. (121.6 x 92.55 cm.) The subject wears a red jacket, waistcoat, and trousers. He is turned towards his left. His left hand is tucked into his waistcoat and his right hand […]
Dorothy Pleasants Briggs was the daughter of Gray and Dorothy Pleasants Briggs. She married John Nicholas. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (76.83 x 64.13 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with lace trim, a blue bow, a floral hairpiece, and a corded necklace with a large pendant. She plays a lute, which […]
John Hatley Norton was a merchant in Yorktown and a representative of the prominent John Norton & Sons firm of London and Virginia. His first wife was Sarah Nicholas and his second wife was Catherine Bush. The portrait is generally attributed to John Durand but is possibly the work of another painter. Dimensions: 30 3/4 […]
Sarah Nicholas was the daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas. She married John Hatley Norton of Yorktown in 1772. The portrait is generally attributed to John Durand but is possibly the work of another painter. Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 26 1/8 in. (78.12 x 66.36 cm.) The portrait represents a woman wearing a pale purple dress. […]
Alice Page was presumably the daughter of Matthew Page and Mary Mann Page, though records of her are difficult to find. John Page’s 1709 will left a portrait of an Alice Page to her brother, Mann Page I (1691-1730). “To my son-in-law Mann Page on his arrival in Va. a saddle horse, a large bible, […]
Mann Page was the son of Matthew Page and Mary Mann Page. He began building Rosewell Plantation in the 1720s and married Judith Carter. John Page’s 1709 will left Mann Page’s portrait to him. John Page was Mann Page’s uncle and stepfather. “To my son-in-law Mann Page on his arrival in Va. a saddle horse, […]
Matthew Page was the son of John Page the immigrant and Alice Lukin Page. He married Mary Mann. A different John Page’s 1709 will left Matthew Page’s portrait to his son, Mann Page I. John Page (d. 1709) married Mann Page I’s widow. “To my son-in-law Mann Page on his arrival in Va. a saddle […]
Martha Page was presumably the daughter of Matthew Page and Mary Mann Page, though records of her are difficult to find. John Page’s 1709 will left a portrait of a Martha Page to her brother, Mann Page I (1691-1730). “To my son-in-law Mann Page on his arrival in Va. a saddle horse, a large bible, […]
This portrait descended at Rosewell with other Page family portraits, but the subject attribution is uncertain. It was often identified as Alice Page. It is attributed to Charles Bridges. Dimensions: 26 x 22 in. (66.04 x 55.88 cm.) The subject wears a red gown with brown drape around her arms. There is dark drapery behind […]
Alice Grymes Page was the daughter of John and Lucy Grymes. She married Mann Page II of Rosewell. The child may be her son John Page (1743-1808). Dimensions: 46 x 36 in. (116.84 x 91.44 cm.) The subject is seated wearing a silver wrap dress with a blue drape on her lap. Her right arm […]
Anne Corbin Tayloe Page was the daughter of John Tayloe I and Elizabeth Gwynne Lyde Tayloe of Mount Airy. She was the second wife of Mann Page II and the mother of Mann Page III and Elizabeth Page. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. (74.93 x 61.6 cm.) The subject wears a dress with […]
The subject of this portrait is unknown. It descended at Rosewell Plantation with Page family portraits. Some family histories call the subject Mann Page, who was painted in the 1690s or 1700s. However, it is often attributed to Charles Bridges and bears some resemblance to his 1730s portraits, which would make it too late to […]
Jane Byrd Page was the daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd of Westover. She married John Page of North End in 1746. The portrait is damaged and overpainted so artist attribution is difficult to determine. The dress was one used by John Hesselius in the 1750s and is not seen in known […]
David Meade, Jr. was the son of David Meade and Sarah Everard Meade. He was sent to school in England at the age of seven and was painted there by the artist Thomas Hudson. He married Sarah Waters in 1768. He inherited his father’s estate in Nansemond County near Suffolk. In 1774, he sold the […]
Mary Meade was the daughter of David Meade and Susannah Everard Meade. She married George Walker ca. 1754. The portrait descended in the Meade family. Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (90.17 x 69.85 cm.) The subject wears a gold, Van Dyck-inspired dress with a blue bow. She is turned three-quarters to her left. […]
Sarah Waters was the daughter of William Waters and Sarah Prentis Waters of Williamsburg. She married David Meade, Jr. in 1768. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (76.84 x 63.82 cm.) The subject wears a white wrap lined with blue over a pink dress. Pearls and a pink and gold scarf are woven in […]
Susannah Everard was the daughter of Sir Richard Everard, governor of North Carolina. She married David Meade of Nansemond County in ca. 1731. Her children included David Meade, Jr., Mary Meade Walker, and Andrew Meade. Dimensions: 34 x 26 1/2 in. (86.36 x 67.31 cm.) The subject wears a gold Van Dyck-inspired dress with a […]
Susannah Stith was the daughter of Buckner and Susannah Stith of Brunswick County. She married Andrew Meade in 1772. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (72.39 x 59.69 cm.) The subject wears a pink dress with bows, lace, and a ruffled stomacher. A floral brooch is at her neckline. She has flowers in her […]
According to the object file for the portrait of Susannah Stith Meade, a portrait of Andrew Meade once existed but is now lost or destroyed. Andrew Meade was the son of David Meade and Susannah Everard Meade. He was raised in Nansemond County but after his marriage to Susannah Stith he built a home known […]
Anne Roy was the daughter Dr. Mungo Roy of Port Royal. She was the second wife of John Mercer. Dimensions: 27 x 22 1/3 in (68.58 x 56.73 cm.) The subject wears a dress with a ruffled stomacher. She has a lace trimmed drape wrapped around her arm. She has pearls in her hair and […]
John Mercer emigrated from Ireland in 1720. His first wife was Catherine Mason. His second wife was Anne Roy. Mercer lived at Marlborough Point. The subject was also painted by William Dering. Dimensions: 27 x 22 1/2 in. (68.58 x 56.73 cm.) The subject wears a jacket over a dark waistcoat and a gray wig. […]
John Mercer emigrated from Ireland in 1720. His first wife was Catherine Mason. His second wife was Anne Roy. Mercer lived at Marlborough Point. This portrait is very similar to another one by John Hesselius. It is possible that Hesselius painted the subject twice and that this portrait has overpaint or was heavily restored. This […]
John Mercer emigrated from Ireland in 1720. His first wife was Catherine Mason. His second wife was Anne Roy. Mercer lived at Marlborough Point. Mercer was a lawyer; when he traveled to Williamsburg for court sessions during the years 1748-1750, he lodged with the artist William Dering. On one of these trips, Dering painted Mercer. […]
Augustine Moore married Elizabeth Todd Seaton around 1714 and they lived at Chelsea Plantation. They were the parents of Bernard Moore, Lucy Moore, and Thomas Moore. The family portraits descended together at Chelsea. Dimensions: 49 1/8 x 40 1/6 in. (124.78 x 102 cm.) The subject wears a dark brown jacket and a long gray […]
Lucy and Bernard Moore were the children of Augustine and Elizabeth Todd Seaton Moore. The Moore family portraits descended together at Chelsea Plantation. Dimensions: 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm.) Two children are pictured in a garden holding hands. The girl wears a yellow dress with a bow and holds a rose with […]
Elizabeth Todd Seaton married Augustine Moore around 1714. They lived at Chelsea Plantation. She was the mother of Bernard Moore, Lucy Moore, and Thomas Moore. The family portraits descended together at Chelsea. It is unclear which of her children is pictured with her. Dimensions: 49 1/16 x 40 1/4 in. (124.61 x 102.23 cm.) The […]
The subject is believed to be Thomas Moore, son of Augustine and Elizabeth Todd Seaton Moore. He was the brother of Lucy and Bernard Moore. It does not appear to be by Charles Bridges who painted other family members. The portrait descended with other family portraits at Chelsea Plantation. Life dates for the Moore family […]
Arthur Moseley was the son of William Moseley and Susannah Moseley. They were an English family that emigrated from Rotterdam in the Netherlands in ca. 1749. The family settled in Lynnhaven Parish at an estate that came to be known as Rolleston Hall. They apparently brought at least four family portraits with them, which descended […]
William Moseley was the son of William Moseley and Susannah Moseley. They were an English family that emigrated from Rotterdam in the Netherlands in ca. 1749. The family settled in Lynnhaven Parish at an estate that came to be known as Rolleston Hall. They apparently brought at least four family portraits with them, which descended […]
William Moseley was an English expatriate living in Rotterdam. He married a woman named Susannah. They immigrated with their sons William and Arthur to Virginia in ca. 1649. The family settled at an estate in Lynnhaven Parish that came to be known as Rolleston Hall. They apparently brought at least four family portraits with them, […]
Susannah was married to William Moseley, an English expatriate living in Rotterdam. She was the daughter of Raph(e) and Magdelen Clark Burnett and her first husband was Arthur Blackmore. The Moseley immigrated with their sons William and Arthur to Virginia in ca. 1649. They settled at an estate in Lynnhaven Parish that came to be […]
In the nineteenth century, at least 14 Moseley family portraits, were recorded in the collection of Edward Hack Moseley (1743-1814). It is unknown exactly how many dated to the colonial period. Four of the portraits were William Moseley, Susannah Moseley, William Moseley II, and Arthur Moseley. According to the family, every generation was represented, starting […]
Elizabeth Burwell was the daughter of Nathaniel Burwell and Elizabeth Carter Burwell of Fairfield Plantation. She married William Nelson and was the mother Thomas Nelson and Hugh Nelson. Her portrait is attributed to the artist Robert Feke because she named Feke as the artist of her husband’s portrait in her will. Other than the Nelson […]
Warner Lewis II was the son of Warner Lewis I and Eleanor Bowles Lewis. He married Mary Chiswell. He was painted as a young boy by John Wollaston in a double portrait with his sister and he was painted in the 1760s by an unknown English artist. This portrait descended along with one of his […]
Mary Lightfoot was the daughter of William Lightfoot and Mildred Howell Lightfoot of Sandy Point. She later married William Allen of Claremont. This portrait descended in the Allen family. It is unclear exactly when the portrait ended up at Claremont. According to a family history, when the family left Sandy Point the family portrait collection […]
This portrait is sometimes attributed to Charles Bridges but it bears stylistic similarity to ca. 1740s-1750s portraits by artists like Robert Feke. Mary Armistead married Philip Lightfoot of Sandy Point. She was a daughter of William Armistead. The subject wears a dark green dress with a jeweled clasp. She is inside a painted oval. See: […]
Mildred Lightfoot was a daughter of William Lightfoot and Mildred Howell Lightfoot. She later married Walter Coles. The MESDA notes taken by the field researcher state that she was painted at 13 and married Henry Paul Carrington. However, it seems likely that the descendants who owned the portrait confused her with her daughter, Mildred Coles […]
Mildred Howell Lightfoot was the mother of Mary Lightfoot and Mildred Lightfoot. She was the wife of William Lightfoot of Sandy Point. Her father was John Howell. Her daughters were painted by John Wollaston in the 1750s. This portrait is attributed to John Wollaston. The face is more carefully modeled than most Wollaston portraits but […]
Philip Lightfoot was a son of Philip Lightfoot and Mary Armistead Lightfoot of Sandy Point. He was a brother of William Lightfoot who inherited Sandy Point. Philip Lightfoot’s life dates are unclear, though he predeceased his father who died in 1748. According to FARL records, this portrait descended in the family at Sandy Point until […]
William Lightfoot was a son of Philip Lightfoot and Mary Armistead Lightfoot of Sandy Point. He inherited Sandy Point. He married Mildred Howell. His children included Mary Lightfoot and Mildred Lightfoot. This portrait appears to have been painted in England. Reference: Family history of portraits once hanging at Sandy Point: “There is preserved a portrait […]
This portrait was identified in the FARL records as Anne Lewis and her niece, Mildred Howell, later Mrs. William Lightfoot (1723-1783). Mildred Howell Lightfoot (Mrs. William Lightfoot)’s mother was Mildred Lewis Howell (Mrs. John Howell), daughter of John Lewis and Elizabeth Warner Lewis of Warner Hall. One of her sisters was named Anne. However, the […]
In an 1895 family history, a descendant remembered Lightfoot and Howell family portraits that hung at Sandy Point, later Tedington. One was “Portrait of half-grown youth and landscape, pronounced in Philadelphia to be the work of Sir Peter Lely – a Howell picture.” If it was a member of the Howell family, it likely came […]
The subject is identified according to family tradition. It appears to have descended with a portrait identified as her husband and it could potentially be by the same artist. Hannah Harrison was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Hannah Churchill Harrison. She married Philip Ludwell II of Greensprings. She was the mother of Hannah Ludwell […]
The woman in the portrait bears a strong resemblance to the Hannah Ludwell Lee (Mrs. Thomas Lee) portrait by Charles Bridges. It may very well represent her and two of her children, including Hannah Lee (later Mrs. Gawen Corbin, 1728-1782). It has also been identified by descendants as Frances Grymes Ludwell (Mrs. Philip Ludwell III) […]
The portrait is identified by the owner’s family tradition. However, the portrait stylistically appears to date to the early eighteenth century, too late to represent Philip Ludwell I. It may represent another member of the Ludwell family. The portrait appears to have descended with the portrait identified as either Hannah Ludwell Lee (Mrs. Thomas Lee) […]
The subject of this portrait is unclear. It is identified variously as Philip Ludwell I or Philip Ludwell II (1672-1726). There also appears to be later copies of the portrait. Philip Ludwell I emigrated to Virginia and became an powerful colonial official. His first wife was Lucy Higginson, with whom he fathered Philip Ludwell II […]
The subject is identified according to family tradition. The portrait appears to have descended with one identified as his wife and it could potentially be by the same artist. Philip Ludwell II was the son of Philip Ludwell I and Lucy Higginson Ludwell. He inherited Greensprings from his father. He married Hannah Harrison. His children […]
The subject is often identified by family tradition as Philip Ludwell III. It is attributed to Charles Bridges. It is likely that this portrait represents a different member of the Ludwell, Lee, or Grymes family, as Philip Ludwell III would have been nearly twenty years old by the time Bridges arrived in the colony. If […]
The subject has sometimes been identified as Frances Ludwell (later Mrs. John Paradise, 1740-1768), daughter of Philip Ludwell III and Frances Grymes Ludwell. The portrait could also be her sister, Hannah Philippa (later Mrs. William Lee, 1737-1784). The portrait descended with others associated with the Ludwell family. It could also represent another member of the […]
David Lyde was the son of Elizabeth Gwynne Lyde and her first husband, Stephen Lyde. He was the stepson of John Tayloe I. The portrait descended in the Tayloe family. Dimensions: 30 x 25 (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait represents a young boy wearing a gray jacket trimmed in silver with jeweled clasps. An […]
The original portrait by John Hesselius was destroyed. However, a copy of the original Hesselius portrait, pictured here, was done by Dominic Boudet in 1811 and records what the portrait looked like. Ann Eilbeck of Maryland married George Mason in 1750. Dimensions: 36 x 31 in. (91.44 x 78.74 cm.) The subject wears a blue […]
The original portrait by John Hesselius was destroyed. However, a copy of the original Hesselius portrait, pictured here, was done by Dominic Boudet in 1811 and records what the portrait looked like. George Mason, fourth of the name in Virginia, was the son of George Mason III and Ann Thomson Mason. George Mason married Ann […]
David Meade was the son of the Irish immigrant, Andrew Meade. He married Sarah Everard ca.1731. He inherited his father’s lands in Nansemond County near Suffolk. Dimensions: 35 3/4 x 28 in. (89.54 x 71.12 cm.) The subject wears a dark reddish brown jacket and waistcoat and is turned three-quarters to his right. He holds […]
Richard Lee II‘s inventory of personal property includes: “in the hall, Richard Lee’s picture, frame and curtain, G. Corbin’s picture, the Quaker’s picture, T. Corbin’s picture.” The identity of “the Quaker” is unknown. Richard Lee II lived at Machodoc, which burned in 1729. This portrait was likely destroyed by the fire. See: Edmund Jennings Lee, […]
Thomas Lee was the son of Richard Lee II and Laetitia Corbin Lee. He married Hannah Ludwell of Greensprings in 1722. He lived at Machodoc Plantation. When Machodoc was burned in 1729, he moved his family and built Stratford Hall. The portrait was almost certainly painted in England, possibly in the 1730s, based on the […]
Thomas Lee was the son of Richard Lee II and Laetitia Corbin Lee. He married Hannah Ludwell of Greensprings in 1722. He lived at Machodoc Plantation. When Machodoc was burned in 1729, he moved his family and built Stratford Hall. His wife was painted by Charles Bridges. This portrait appears to have descended directly in […]
Thomas Ludwell Lee was the son of Thomas Lee and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Thomas Ludwell Lee’s account books show £11.8.6 were paid in August 1751 for “pictures, frames, etc.” to Robert Edge Pine. Pine painted the brothers Philip Ludwell Lee and Thomas Ludwell Lee while they were in England. It is unclear if the portraits […]
Elizabeth “Betty” Washington Lewis was the sister of George Washington. She was the daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She married Fielding Lewis of Fredericksburg in 1750. He built Kenmore in the 1770s. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject is seated indoors. She wears a blue dress with […]
Elizabeth “Betty” Washington Lewis was the sister of George Washington. She was the daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She married Fielding Lewis in 1750 of Fredericksburg. He built Kenmore in the 1770s. The relationship between this portrait and the other portrait identified as Betty Washington Lewis is unclear, though their faces and […]
Eleanor Bowles Lewis was from Maryland. She married first, William Gooch, the son of Governor William Gooch. Her second husband was Warner Lewis of Warner Hall. She was the mother of Rebecca and Warner Lewis. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a yellow wrap dress with white lining and […]
Fielding Lewis was the son of John Lewis and Frances Fielding Lewis of Warner Hall. He built Kenmore in the 1770s on his property in Fredericksburg. His first wife was Catharine Washington. He married Betty Washington in 1750. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a light brown coat and […]
Fielding Lewis, Jr. was the son of Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington Lewis. This portrait was commissioned by the father to hang at Kenmore between 1772 and 1775. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (78.74 x 66 cm.) The subject is seated on a wooden chair with his left arm draped over it and his right […]
Charles Willson Peale’s letter book records receiving payment from Fielding Lewis for five portraits. Two have been identified: Fielding Lewis, Jr. and John Lewis. The other three subjects are currently unknown. See: Refurnishing Historic Kenmore Blog […]
Charles Willson Peale’s letter book records receiving payment from Fielding Lewis for five portraits. Two have been identified: Fielding Lewis, Jr. and John Lewis. The other three subjects are currently unknown. See: Refurnishing Historic Kenmore Blog […]
Charles Willson Peale’s letter book records receiving payment from Fielding Lewis for five portraits. Two have been identified: Fielding Lewis, Jr. and John Lewis. The other three subjects are currently unknown. See: Refurnishing Historic Kenmore Blog […]
Rebecca Lewis was the daughter of Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles Lewis of Warner Hall. She married Dr. Robert Innis. The subject was also painted as a child by John Wollaston in a double portrait with her brother, Warner Lewis. Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (78.12 x 65.41 cm.) The subject wears a […]
John Lewis was the son of Fielding Lewis and his first wife, Catharine Washington Lewis. This portrait was commissioned by the father to hang at Kenmore between 1772 and 1775. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (78.74 x 66 cm.) The subject wears a red coat and waistcoat with gold trim. HIs left elbow rests on […]
James Lewis was the brother of Warner Lewis II. This portrait, along with one of Warner Lewis II and Warner’s wife, Mary Chiswell Lewis, descended through James Lewis’s daughter. James was a son of Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles Lewis of Warner Hall. It is unclear where the portraits originally hung or were painted. However, […]
Mary Chiswell Lewis was the daughter of Colonel John Chiswell and Elizabeth Randolph Chiswell. She married Warner Lewis II of Warner Hall. The portrait descended with her husband’s portrait and her brother-in-law James Lewis‘s portrait in the family of James Lewis’s daughter. It is unclear where the portraits originally hung or were painted. However, Warner […]
Priscilla Churchill married first, Robert Carter II (ca. 1704-1731) of Nomini Hall. Her second husband was John Lewis III of Warner Hall. This portrait apparently descended through her son, Robert Carter III of Nomini Hall. Therefore, it was possibly painted at Warner Hall where Priscilla and her two children from her first marriage lived with […]
Warner Lewis was the son of John Lewis and his first wife, Frances Fielding Lewis. He was the second husband of Eleanor Bowles. He lived at Warner Hall. He was the father of Warner Lewis II and Rebecca Lewis. Dimensions: 49 x 39 in. (124.5 x 99.1 cm.) The subject is outdoors. He wears a […]
Warner Lewis II and Rebecca Lewis were the children of Warner Lewis and Eleanor Bowles Lewis. Eleanor later married Dr. Robert Innis and was painted as an adult by Charles Willson Peale. Warner Lewis II was also painted as an adult by Charles Willson Peale and was apparently painted in England while at school by […]
Warner Lewis II was the son of Warner Lewis I and Eleanor Bowles Lewis. He was a student at Oxford and apparently commissioned a portrait while in England. According to a family historian, this portrait was destroyed in the 1916 fire at Rosewell Plantation. Although the family claimed that he was painted by Sir Joshua […]
Several men named James Johnston lived in Virginia and it is unclear from the MESDA records which James Johnston this portrait is supposed to represent. The MESDA records suggest a 1750s date. Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (78.12 x 65.41 cm.) The subject wears a jacket over a dark waistcoat and is turned […]
Several men named James Johnston lived in Virginia and it is unclear from the MESDA records which Mrs. James Johnston this portrait is supposed to represent. The MESDA records suggest a 1750s date. Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. (78.12 x 65.41 cm.) The subject wears a dress trimmed with lace and appears to […]
Sarah McCarty was the daughter of Dennis McCarty and Sarah Ball McCarty. She married George Johnston, a prominent lawyer and politician in the Alexandria area. Their country home was Belvale, which he built in the 1760s and their town home was in Alexandria. Dimensions: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears […]
Sarah Ball McCarty was the wife of Dennis McCarty (1703-1742/43). Her daughter was Sarah McCarty Johnson. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm.) The subject wears a dark dress with a sheer fichu and a white cap tied under her chin with a ribbon. She holds a small, round box, probably […]
Nancy Jones later married William Barksdale. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject is a young girl standing in front of a column and white fence. She holds a flowers in her right and her left hand rests on a basket of flowers. Roses are in front of the base of […]
William Knox was an emigrant from Scotland. He married Susannah Stuart Fitzhugh in 1767. William Knox lived at Windsor Lodge in Culpeper County, but these portraits may have been painted at Boscobel, his wife’s childhood home, or another Fitzhugh family home. Dimensions: 30 x 24 7/8 in. (76.2 x 63.18 cm.) The subject wears a […]
Susannah Stuart Fitzhugh Knox was the daughter of Thomas Fitzhugh and Sarah Stuart Fitzhugh of Boscobel and the granddaughter of Henry Fitzhugh (1687-1758). She married William Knox of Windsor Lodge in 1767. Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 25 in. (75.57 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a gold dress trimmed with lace and with double flounces. She […]
Gavin Lawson was a successful merchant and Scottish immigrant who lived at Hampstead Plantation and Falmouth. He married into the Fitzhugh family when he married Susannah Rose in 1766. Susannah Rose was the daughter of Ann Fitzhugh Rose. Dimensions: 50 x 37 7/8 in. (127 x 96.2 cm.) The subject is seated in a wooden […]
Susannah Rose Lawson was the daughter of Ann Fitzhugh Rose and the Reverend Robert Rose. She married Scottish merchant Gavin Lawson in 1766. Dimensions: 49 5/8 x 38 7/8 in. (126 x 98.74 cm.) The subject is seated in an interior on a wooden chair. She wears a blue dress with a white ruffled stomacher […]
The family history identifies a portrait subject as Anne Constable Lee, who married Richard Lee I, since at least 1790. The portrait descended in the Lee family at Stratford Hall (built ca. 1730s-40s). However, stylistically, the portrait is unlikely to date to the 1640s-1660s, when the subject was still a younger woman. It is possible […]
Hannah Ludwell Lee was the daughter of Philip Ludwell II and Hannah Harrison Ludwell of Greensprings. She married Thomas Lee of Machodoc in 1722. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) She wears a blue wrap dress with red lining. She appears in a painted oval. See: Edmund Jennings Lee, Lee of Virginia, […]
This portrait is identified as Hannah Ludwell Lee by descendants. The relationship between it and the other portrait identified as Hannah Ludwell Lee and attributed to Charles Bridges is unclear. It may be another family member or a copy. This portrait descended with a portrait identified as her husband that appears to be by the […]
Henry Lee was a son of Richard Lee II and Laetitia Corbin Lee. He married Mary Bland and they lived at Lee Hall. According to a later family historian, this portrait was destroyed by fire. However, it was recorded in his son’s 1765 will. Reference: Appears in son John Lee’s will: “I give to my […]
John Lee was the oldest son of Henry Lee and Mary Bland Lee of Lee Hall. He lived at Cabin Point. He married Mary Smith in 1749. They had no children. He recorded his portrait in his will when he bequeathed it to his brother, Henry Lee of Leesylvania. Reference: John Lee’s 1765 will: “I […]
The subject has been identified by family tradition since at least 1790. The portrait descended in the Lee family at Stratford Hall (built ca. 1730s-40s). Laetitia Corbin Lee was the daughter of Henry Corbin. She married Richard Lee II. Reference: “Stratford whose delightful shades formed the comfort and retirement of my wise and Philosophic grandfather […]
Mary Bland Lee was married to Henry Lee of Lee Hall. A portrait of her is mentioned in her son, John Lee‘s, 1765 will. It is unclear if this portrait is the same one referenced in John Lee’s will or if this is a different portrait of her or another family member. A family historian […]
Henry Lee was a son of Richard Lee II and Laetitia Corbin Lee. He married Mary Bland and they lived at Lee Hall. Henry Lee’s 1746 will mentions “pictures,” which were very likely portraits. His will states, “I give and bequeath to my Son Richard and to his Heirs all the pictures in my Home.” […]
Philip Ludwell Lee was the son of Thomas Lee and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Thomas Ludwell Lee’s account books show £11.8.6 were paid in August 1751 for “pictures, frames, etc.” to Robert Edge Pine. Pine painted the brothers Philip Ludwell Lee and Thomas Ludwell Lee while they were in England. It is unclear if the portraits […]
A portrait has been identified as Richard Lee I by family tradition since at least 1790. The portrait descended in the Lee family at Stratford Hall (built ca. 1730s-40s). However, the costume and wig appear to date closer to ca. 1720, calling the subject identification into question. It may be another Lee family member. It […]
This portrait is identified as Richard Lee II by family tradition since at least 1790. The portrait descended in the Lee family at Stratford Hall (built ca. 1730s-40s). Richard Lee II was the son of Richard Lee I and Ann Constable Lee. He married Laetitia Corbin, daughter of Henry Corbin and Alice Corbin. He lived […]
This portrait represents four children of Philip Grymes and Mary Randolph Grymes of Brandon in Middlesex County. The artist is unknown. It is often attributed to John Hesselius or his father, Gustavus Hesselius, although Gustavus is not recorded as working in Virginia. It is possibly another artist altogether. Dimensions: 56 x 66 in. (142.24 x […]
The subject is identified by family tradition. The portrait descended in the Tayloe family. Catherine (or Katherine) Griffin married first, William Fauntleroy, second, a Mr. Ridley, and third, David Gwynne. Her daughter, Elizabeth Gwynne, married John Tayloe. The date of the portrait is unclear and so is the sitter attribution. Dimensions: 29 x 24 1/2 […]
Anne Randolph Harrison was the daughter of William Randolph III and Anne Harrison Randolph of Wilton. She married Benjamin Harrison of Brandon in ca. 1763. The portrait descended with Harrison descendants at Brandon until the twentieth century. The portrait has been attributed to Francis Cotes, an artist working in England. If correct, the subject made […]
Benjamin Harrison of Brandon was the son of Nathaniel Harrison and Mary Digges Harrison. He married three times. First, Anne Randolph of Wilton; second, Elizabeth Page of Rosewell; and third, Evelyn Byrd of Westover. Dimensions: 48 15/16 x 39 11/16 in. (124.3 x 100.8 cm.) The subject stands in an interior. He wears a black […]
Elizabeth Page Harrison ws the daughter of Mann Page II and Anne Corbin Tayloe Page of Rosewell. She was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison of Brandon. She was also painted as a child by John Wollaston in a double portrait alongside her brother, Mann Page III. Dimensions: 49 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (125.73 […]
This portrait descended in the family and is identified by family tradition. Lucy Higginson married first, Lewis Burwell (1621-1653) of Fairfield; second, William Bernard (d. 1665); and third, Philip Ludwell (1637/38-ca. 1716). She was the mother of Jane Ludwell Parke and Philip Ludwell II. Another branch of the family identifies the subject as Lady Frances […]
This portrait has been identified by family tradition as Edward Hill IV (d. ca. 1706, life dates based on family tradition). Edward Hill IV, by tradition, died around age 16 and was the son of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams. There is almost no contemporary record of him. Stylistically, it appears to be an […]
Edward Hill III had at least three children with his wife, Elizabeth Williams (d. 1710): Martha, Elizabeth, and Edward. Martha married and lived in England. Edward died young. Elizabeth Hill married John Carter and they inherited Shirley Plantation. The portrait has descended at Shirley Plantation. It was likely painted in England along with that of […]
Elizabeth Hill was the daughter of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams Hill. She inherited Shirley Plantation along with her husband, John Carter, whom she married in 1723. After his death, she married Bowler Cocke. It is difficult to tell her age in this portrait. There is a chance that she was painted in England […]
Elizabeth Williams was married to Edward Hill III of Shirley. She died in England while on a trip. Her husband was in Virginia at the time and the news of her death was recorded by William Byrd II. This portrait was very likely painted in England along with that of her husband. Dimensions: 30 x […]
This portrait has long been called “Aunt Pratt” by the Hill-Carter family. It may represent Martha Hill (Mrs. Hugh Gifford, d. 1752), a daughter of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams Hill who married and remained in England. It may also be another woman of the Hill or Carter family as several Carter family portraits […]
Edward Jaquelin immigrated to Virginia about 1697 and settled at Jamestown Island. He married first, Rachel Sherwood, and second, Martha Cary. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I might develope their characters. Just […]
Edward Jaquelin II was the son of Edward Jaquelin I and Martha Cary Jaquelin. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject is about wearing a red jacket and blue drape. He is outdoors and seated on a stone bench. He points at a green parrot in the tree. A brown and […]
Elizabeth Jaquelin was the daughter of Edward Jaquelin I and Martha Cary Jaquelin. She later married Richard Ambler and they inherited much the Jaquelin family property. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I […]
Martha Cary Jaquelin married Edward Jaquelin I. She was the daughter of William Cary and Martha Scarsbrook Cary. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I might develope their characters.” Elizabeth Carrington to Ann […]
Martha Jaquelin was the daughter of Edward Jaquelin I and Martha Cary Jaquelin. She never married. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I might develope their characters…The Costume of the Young Ladies and […]
Mary Jaquelin was the daughter of Edward Jaquelin I and Martha Cary Jaquelin. She later married John Smith. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I might develope their characters.” Elizabeth Carrington to Ann […]
Mathew Jaquelin was the son of Edward Jaquelin I and Martha Cary Jaquelin. Reference: “Thus seating myself surrounded with the pictures of my venerable Great Grandfather, Mother and their numerous descendants, I proceeded to examine the Contents of the drawers that I might develope their characters.” Elizabeth Carrington to Ann Ambler Fisher, 10 October 1796, […]
George Johnston was a prominent lawyer and politician in the Alexandria area. His country home was Belvale, which he built in the 1760s and his town home was in Alexandria. He married Sarah McCarty. Reference: “1 Painting & frame Mr. Johnston Senr.” valued at £5 appears in George Johnston’s inventory, 1767, Gunston Hall Probate Inventory. […]
George Johnston, Jr. was the son of George Johnston and Sarah McCarty Johnston. Dimensions: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject is a young man wearing a gray jacket over a light blue waistcoat. He is turned three-quarters to his left with his left hand on his hip and his right hand […]
This portrait descended with a number of Byrd and Harrison family portraits. It was acquired by the Virginia Historical Society in 2008 along with other portraits mentioned in the will of Mary Willing Byrd. It was identified as William Fitzhugh. The origin of the sitter identification is unknown. Byrd and Harrison family members did marry […]
Mary Bolling was the daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kennon Bolling. She married John Fleming. From the reference image, it looks overpainted or possibly a copy of an original. It is attributed to Charles Bridges, who painted a number of Bolling family members. The painting represents a woman wearing a wrap dress inside a […]
Elizabeth Bolling was the daughter of Robert Bolling and Mary Kennon Bolling. She married William Gay in 1730. The portrait appears to have descended in the Bolling family rather than the Gay family, and no portrait of her husband is recorded. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (74.93 x 62.87 cm.) The subject wears […]
Sir William Gooch was appointed the lieutenant governor of Virginia (1727-1749) after a successful military career in the British Army. He returned to England in 1749. According to a questionable family history, this portrait of Gooch descended to his son, William Gooch, Jr. who settled in Virginia and married Eleanor Bowles of Maryland. When William […]
Ann and Sarah Gordon were the daughters of James Gordon and Milicent Conway Gordon of Gordonsville. Ann later married Richard Chichester. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The portrait represents two young girls outdoors in a landscape. The older girl sits and wears a pink dress. Her right hand rests in her […]
James Gordon was a Scottish immigrant who arrived in Virginia in 1738. He established a plantation at Gordonsville in the 1740s. He married first, Milicent Conway, and second, Mary Harrison. Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 40 in. (127.64 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a white wig and a brown jacket with a black waistcoat. His […]
John Gordon was the younger brother and business partner of James Gordon of Gordonsville. Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 40 in. (127.64 x 101.6 cm.) The subject stands wearing a blue jacket over a white waistcoat. He is turned towards his right. His right hand holds a cane or shepherd’s crook that rests on the base […]
Mary Harrison was the daughter of Nathaniel Harrison and Mary Cary Harrison of Berkeley. She was the second wife of James Gordon. She is painted with her son, James Gordon. Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 40 in. (127.64 x 101.6 cm.) The portrait represents a woman wearing a silver dress with a jeweled clasp and pearls […]
Milicent Conway Gordon was the first wife of James Gordon and the mother of Ann and Sarah Gordon. She died in 1748 indicating that this is a post-mortem portrait of her. Of the five Gordon family portraits painted by Hesselius, this is the only one signed and dated on the front of the canvas. Dimensions: […]
The date of this portrait is uncertain; it could date to the 1780s. Dr. James Greenway was an emigrant to Virginia and was a botanist. He married Martha Dixon. Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (75.57 x 62.23 cm.) The subject wears a brown jacket and brown waistcoat with gold buttons, He is turned […]
The date of this portrait is uncertain; it could date to the 1780s. She married Dr. James Greenway. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress with a sheer lace fichu and a large blue bow. She wears a white cap tied under her chin with a blue […]
Samuel Griffin was a lawyer, soldier, and politician. He was the son of Leroy Griffin and his wife, Mary Ann Bertrand. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a white jacket with elaborate trim and a dark collar and blue waistcoat. HIs hair is powdered white. His hands are crossed […]
Leroy Griffin (1710/11-1750) was married to Mary Ann Bertrand and the father of Samuel Griffin. He reportedly owned 5 family portraits in 1750 and they were still in his home in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County in 1761. It is likely that Leroy Griffin and his wife were two of the subjects. Reference: “5 family […]
Leroy Griffin (1710/11-1750) was married to Mary Ann Bertrand and the father of Samuel Griffin. He reportedly owned 5 family portraits in 1750 and they were still in his home in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County in 1761. It is likely that Leroy Griffin and his wife were two of the subjects. Reference: “5 family […]
Leroy Griffin (1710/11-1750) was married to Mary Ann Bertrand and the father of Samuel Griffin. He reportedly owned 5 family portraits in 1750 and they were still in his home in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County in 1761. It is likely that Leroy Griffin and his wife were two of the subjects. Reference: “5 family […]
Leroy Griffin (1710/11-1750) was married to Mary Ann Bertrand and the father of Samuel Griffin. He reportedly owned 5 family portraits in 1750 and they were still in his home in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County in 1761. It is likely that Leroy Griffin and his wife were two of the subjects. Reference: “5 family […]
Leroy Griffin (1710/11-1750) was married to Mary Ann Bertrand and the father of Samuel Griffin. He reportedly owned 5 family portraits in 1750 and they were still in his home in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County in 1761. It is likely that Leroy Griffin and his wife were two of the subjects. Reference: “5 family […]
Based on the apparent ages of the boys, the subjects are generally identified as Benjamin and Ludwell. John and Lucy Ludwell Grymes had 7 children living when Charles Bridges painted in the 1730s and 1740s. Benjamin and Ludwell Grymes were two of the younger sons of John Grymes and Lucy Ludwell Grymes of Brandon Plantation […]
Based on the apparent ages of the girls, the subjects are generally identified as Lucy Grymes and Hannah Grymes, the two eldest daughters of John Grymes and Lucy Ludwell Grymes. John and Lucy Ludwell Grymes had 7 children living when Charles Bridges painted in the 1730s and 1740s. A double portrait of two brothers also […]
A portrait identified as Colonel Charles Grymes of Morattico descended at Stratford Hall with Ludwell-Lee family portraits. Charles Grymes’s eldest daughter, Frances Grymes, married Philip Ludwell III of Greensprings in 1736. The portrait apparently went to Greensprings with Frances Grymes Luwdell when Morattico ceased to be a family residence. It reportedly remained there until about […]
Henry Fitzhugh never came to Virginia. However, his son, William Fitzhugh (1651-1701), appears to have brought his father’s portrait with him when he emigrated around 1670. It is known only through a 1751 copy painted by John Hesselius. It is unclear what happened to the original. The date 1634 comes from the inscription on the […]
Henry Fitzhugh was the son of William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) the emigrant. His wife was Susanna Cooke Fitzhugh. This portrait, and Bedford, was inherited by his son, Henry Fitzhugh of Bedford. John Hesselius painted a copy of this portrait 5 years later for the subject’s younger son, John Fitzhugh of Belle Air. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x […]
Henry Fitzhugh was the son of William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) the immigrant and Sarah Tucker Fitzhugh. His wife was Susanna Cooke Fitzhugh. This portrait by John Hesselius is a copy of the portrait Hesselius painted in 1751 to hang at Bedford. This copy was commissioned by John Fitzhugh (1727-1809), the subject’s younger son, of Belle Air […]
Henry Fitzhugh was the eldest son of Henry Fitzhugh (1687-1758) and Susanna Cooke Fitzhugh of Bedford. He married Sarah Battaile in 1746. The portrait was originally painted in 1751. In 1767, Henry Fitzhugh paid Hesselius to make alterations to it. There is evidence of alteration in the cravat, cuffs, waistcoat buttons, and the original waistcoat […]
Henry Fitzhugh was the son of John Fitzhugh and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh of Belle Air. He married Elizabeth Stith Fitzhugh, the widow of Henry Fitzhugh (1750-1777) of Bedford, in 1777. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a red jacket and waistcoat with his left hand tucked into his waistcoat. […]
Henry Fitzhugh was the son of Henry Fitzhugh (1723-1783) and Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh of Bedford. He married Elizabeth Stith. He lived at Fitzhughburg, near Bedford, but was the primary heir of Bedford. The portrait was recorded at Bedford by 1835. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a blue jacket […]
John Fitzhugh lived at Belle Air. He was the son of Henry Fitzhugh (1687-1758) and Susanna Cocke Fitzhugh of Bedford. He married Alice Thornton in 1746. Reference: “3 large family pictures” appear in his probate inventory under “Household furniture,” 1809, Gunston Hall Probate Inventory Database. Original in Stafford County Deed Book AA, pp.19-21. Dimensions: 30 […]
Lucy Carter Fitzhugh was the daughter of Robert “King” Carter and Elizabeth Landon Carter. She married Henry Fitzhugh (1706-1742) of Eagle’s Nest. Her son with Henry Fitzhugh was Henry Fitzhugh of Chatham. Her second husband was Nathaniel Harrison of Brandon. There are doubts about the provenance of this portrait and if it originated in Virginia. […]
Sarah Battaile married Henry Fitzhugh (1723-1783) of Bedford in 1746. The portrait was originally painted in 1751 but was altered in 1767 when her daughter, Sarah Fitzhugh was painted. There is evidence of alteration particularly around her hair. Reference: Husband’s August 1767 account records, “By altering my picture and my wifes £2:12:0/ By drawing Sallys […]
Sarah “Sally” Fitzhugh was the daughter of Henry Fitzhugh and Sarah Battaile Fitzhugh of Bedford. She married Theodorick Bland in 1772. Reference: Father’s August 1767 account records, “By altering my picture and my wifes £2:12:0/ By drawing Sallys do half £10:2:0/ [total] £13:0:0,” in Fitzhugh Family Papers, Duke University Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 […]
Sarah Tucker Fitzhugh married William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) of Eagle’s Nest. The portrait is recorded in her husband’s will. Based on her husband’s portrait, she was likely painted in ca. 1698. It is unclear when it went missing/was destroyed. There is no record of it being copied by John Hesselius in the 1750s when her husband’s […]
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) was an emigrant to Virginia. His 1701 will mentions “6 Pictures of my Relations.” A portrait of his father, Henry Fitzhugh, is known through a later copy. It is unclear who the other 5 pictures recorded. It has been speculated that his mother may have been the subject of one. Reference: William […]
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) was an immigrant to Virginia. His 1701 will mentions “6 Pictures of my Relations.” A portrait of his father, Henry Fitzhugh, is known through a later copy. It is unclear who the other 5 pictures recorded. It has been speculated that his mother may have been the subject of one. Reference: William […]
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) was an emigrant to Virginia. His 1701 will mentions “6 Pictures of my Relations.” A portrait of his father, Henry Fitzhugh, is known through a later copy. It is unclear who the other 5 pictures recorded. It has been speculated that his mother may have been the subject of one. Reference: William […]
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) was an emigrant to Virginia. His 1701 will mentions “6 Pictures of my Relations.” A portrait of his father, Henry Fitzhugh, is known through a later copy. It is unclear who the other 5 pictures recorded. It has been speculated that his mother may have been the subject of one. Reference: William […]
William Fitzhugh (1651-1701) was an emigrant to Virginia. His 1701 will mentions “6 Pictures of my Relations.” A portrait of his father, Henry Fitzhugh, is known through a later copy. It is unclear who the other 5 pictures recorded. It has been speculated that his mother may have been the subject of one. Reference: William […]
William Fitzhugh emigrated from England around 1670. He built a home at Eagle’s Nest and married Sarah Tucker. This portrait is known through a 1751 copy of it by the artist John Hesselius. The copy includes an inscription that recorded that the subject was “AEtatis 46” indicating that the portrait was painted in 1698. It […]
William Fitzhugh emigrated from England around 1670. He built a home at Eagle’s Nest and married Sarah Tucker. John Hesselius painted this copy of an original portrait by an unknown artist for the subject’s son, Henry Fitzhugh (1687-1758) of Bedford, in 1751. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.84 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears […]
William Fitzhugh married Ann Lee Randolph. He was the son of Henry Fitzhugh (1706-1742) and Lucy Carter Fitzhugh of Eagle’s Nest. He inherited Eagle’s Nest and Somerset. He built Chatham (1768-1771). It is unclear where the portrait was painted, though the couple’s primary residence was Somerset before they moved to Chatham in 1771. The portrait […]
A portrait identified as Sally Cary Fairfax is recorded through nineteenth- and twentieth-century copies. She was the wife of George William Fairfax. She was the daughter of Wilson and Sarah Fairfax. […]
William Dandridge was the brother of John Dandridge and lived at Elsing Green. The costume and appearance of this young man make it possible that it represents another member of the Dandridge family. There is another portrait also believed to represent the subject. Dimensions: 33 3/4 x 29 in. (85.73 x 73.66 cm.) The subject […]
According to the Virginia Historical Society records, this portrait was identified by family tradition and descended with a portrait believed to represent John Dandridge, his brother, and a portrait of his sister. The portraits hung together at Elsing Green, the home of William Dandridge. It has been heavily overpainted and restored. The portrait may represent […]
According to Virginia Historical Society records, the portraits identified as John Dandridge and William Dandridge descended at Elsing Green with a portrait of the men’s sister. The whereabouts of this portrait are unknown. […]
Amelia Davies (or Davis) cannot currently be identified. However, she is identified by an inscription on the back of the portrait. It descended with a portrait identified as Samuel Davies (or Davis). Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a blue silk dress trimmed with ruffled trim, lace, and bows […]
Samuel Davies (or Davis) cannot currently be identified. It descended with a portrait identified as Amelia Davies (or Davis). Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a green jacket and matching waistcoat with brass buttons. A hat is tucked under his left arm. He is turned three-quarters to his left […]
William Dawson was an Anglican minister and President of the College of William & Mary. However, it is now concluded that the portrait is not William Dawson and the date of the portrait is unclear. This portrait is likely not from Virginia and may not be eighteenth century. The subject wears black cleric’s robes and […]
John Dixon was a printer in Williamsburg and later in Richmond. He married Rosanna Hunter Royle. Dimensions: 36 x 28 1/16 in. (91.44 x 71.28 cm.) The subject sits in a wooden armchair. He wears a white coat and waistcoat. His right hand is on his hip. His left elbow rests on a green-covered table. […]
Rosanna Hunter Royle Dixon was married to the printer John Dixon. Dimensions: 36 x 28 1/16 in. (91.44 x 71.28 cm.) The portrait represents a woman seated in a wooden chair angled to her right. She wears a blue-green wrap dress with white lining. There is a pink rose at her neckline and pearls in […]
Roger Elliott was the half-brother of Alexander Spotswood. Though Elliott did not come to Virginia, this portrait descended in the Spotswood family and family tradition has long identified Elliott as the subject. It descended with portraits of Alexander Spotswood and his wife. They were recorded at Nottingham, home of Alexander Spotswood’s grandson, Alexander Spotswood (1751-1818). […]
The portrait is roughly dated to before 1715 based on the death of his first wife. It shows stylistic similiarities to the Lyde, Corbin, and Tayloe portraits dated to the same period. George Eskridge is known for being the guardian of Mary Ball, George Washington’s mother. He married first, Rebecca Bonum (d. 1715), and second, […]
This portrait is identified as Rebecca Bonum based on her husband’s probate inventory, which identifies the subject as his “former wife.” Her husband, George Eskridge, married a second time after her death. She died in 1715. It shares stylistic similarities with portraits of Lyde, Corbin, and Tayloe family members. The portrait descended in the family […]
This portrait has been attributed to Benjamin West. Severn Eyre’s son’s will corroborates the artist attribution. It is likely that Eyre was painted in Philadelphia, as West is not known to have traveled to Virginia and no other Virginia portraits are associated with him. Eyre had personal connections to Philadelphia and was likely introduced to […]
This portrait appears to have descended in the family. Colonel William Fairfax built Belvoir in Virginia. He was a relative of and agent for Lord Fairfax, one of the Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia. The subject appears to be a young man wearing armor under a jacket and inside a painted oval frame. […]
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Farley was the daughter of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. She married James Parke Farley in March 1771. Her second husband was John Dunbar. Her third husband was Henry Skipwith, who she married in 1799. This may have been painted at Westover when Alexander painted her stepmother, Mary Willing […]
Elizabeth Hill Byrd Farley was the daughter of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. She married James Parke Farley in March 1771. Her second husband was John Dunbar. Her third husband was Henry Skipwith, who she married in 1799. Mary Willing Byrd’s 1813 will mentions “portraits” of this subject, which were left to […]
Alice Thornton Fitzhugh married John Fitzhugh of Belle Aire Plantation in Stafford County in 1746. She was the mother of Elizabeth Fitzhugh Conway. Reference: “3 large family pictures” appear in husband’s probate inventory under “Household furniture,” 1809, Gunston Hall Probate Inventory Database. Original in Stafford County Deed Book AA, pp.19-21. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. […]
Ann Lee Randolph married William Fitzhugh (1741-1809) of Somerset and Chatham (built in 1768-1771) around 1763. She was the daughter of Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph of Chatsworth. It is unclear where the portrait was painted, though the couple’s primary resident was Somerset before they moved to Chatham in 1771. Portrait descended with husband’s in […]
The portrait descended in the Fitzhugh-Custis-Bolling-Lee family. According to the family, the subject was called “Lord Ravensworth.” Ravensworth plantation was a Fitzhugh family plantation. It is unclear which member of the Fitzhugh (or related) family this portrait represents. Based on the wig and costume, it was likely painted in the early to mid-eighteenth century. Dimensions: […]
Elizabeth Stith Fitzhugh was the daughter of Drury Stith and Elizabeth Buckner Stith. She married Henry Fitzhugh (1750-1777) of Fitzhughburg and Bedford in 1770. Her second husband was Henry Fitzhugh (1747-1815) of Belle Air. The portrait was at Bedford by 1835. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The subject wears a pink […]
This portrait was painted by John Hesselius and is a copy of a missing original portrait of the subject. The portrait was commissioned by the subject’s grandson or great grandson, both named Henry Fitzhugh. The portrait hung at Bedford Plantation through most of the nineteenth century. The subject never came to Virginia, but his portrait […]
This portrait was referred to in John Custis’s 1733 will. He left it to his son Thomas as “his grandfather’s picture.” John Custis (ca. 1703-1733) was the son of Thomas Custis and Elizabeth Custis. Thomas Custis (ca. 1684-before 1721) was the son of Edmund Custis (d. ca. 1700). Elizabeth Custis was the daughter of John […]
Family tradition identifies the subject. Frances Parke Custis was the daughter of Daniel Parke and Jane Ludwell Parke. She was the sister of Lucy Parke Byrd. It descended in the Custis family. The painting is damaged and overpainted. It is potentially a later copy of an earlier painting or a different family member. Dimensions: 28 […]
Family tradition identifies the subject and it descended in the Custis-Lee family. It bears stylistic similarities to the Jaquelin and Brodnax family portraits dated to the 1720s. Frances Parke Custis was the daughter of John and Frances Parke Custis. She married first, William Winch, and second, Captain Thomas Dansie. She had no surviving children. Dimensions: […]
This portrait descended in the family. Henry Custis I (ca. 1677-1733) was the son of John Custis III (1658-1713). Henry Custis II (1710-1751) was his son. The portrait descended with one identified as Tabitha Scarborough Custis (1660-1673). The date of this portrait is unclear, though it appears to be mid-eighteenth-century and shares stylistic similarity to […]
Henry Custis never came to Virginia. He was an Englishman who expatriated to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. His son immigrated to Virginia in ca. 1650. This portrait descended with the Parke, Custis, Washington, and Lee portraits gifted to Washington and Lee University. Custis family tradition confirms that this portrait, along with a pendant presumed to […]
Johanna Wittingham Custis never came to Virginia. She lived in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Her son, John Custis II, immigrated to Virginia in ca. 1650. This portrait descended with the Parke, Custis, Washington, and Lee portraits gifted to Washington and Lee University. Custis family tradition confirms that this portrait, along with a pendant presumed to […]
John Custis II emigrated from Rotterdam ca. 1650. He was the son of Henry and Johanna Custis. This is the Custis portrait most likely to have featured a man in a suit of armor (according to family tradition). Custis became a captain of the militia in 1664, a colonel in 1673, and in 1692 became […]
John Custis III was the father of John Custis IV and son of John Custis II, the immigrant. 19th-century descendants remember a number of Custis family portraits hanging at Abingdon. While it cannot be confirmed that this subject was painted, it seems highly likely that his was among the lost portraits at Abingdon in the […]
John Custis IV was the son of John Custis III and Margaret Michael Custis. He married Frances Parke and was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Frances Parke Custis, and John Custis. There are two versions of this portrait with similar iconography but by different artists. The artist of this portrait is unknown. The subject […]
John Custis IV was the son of John Custis III and Margaret Michael Custis. He married Frances Parke and was the father of Daniel Parke Custis, Frances Parke Custis, and John Custis. There are two versions of this portrait with similar iconography but by different artists. The artist of the other portrait is unknown and […]
John Custis, often called Jack, was the son of John Custis IV and Alice, an enslaved woman. John Custis recognized John as his natural son. John Custis IV’s will bequeathed a “portrait of my Negro boy John” to Ann Moody, a Williamsburg tavernkeeper’s wife with whom he was romantically involved. This is the only documented […]
“Jacky” and “Patsy” Custis were the children of Daniel and Martha Dandridge Custis. Reference: A 1757 receipt for 56 pistoles to pay for this portrait, and portraits of their parents, is in the Custis Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 1016. cm.) The subjects appear outdoors in a landscape. […]
Martha Dandridge Custis was married to Daniel Parke Custis. Her second husband was George Washington. Her children were John and Martha Custis. Reference: A 1757 receipt for 56 pistoles to pay for this portrait and portraits of her husband and children is in the Custis Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. […]
There is more than one Tabitha Scarborough Custis in the historical record, and life and marriage dates for them are unclear. This portrait descended in the Custis family with one identified as Henry Custis. The hairstyle and costume appear to be late seventeenth century. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (72.4 x 59.7 cm.) […]
Colonel William Daingerfield lived at Greenfield, Essex County. Dimensions: 31 x 25 in. (78.74 x 63.5 cm.) […]
William Daingerfield was the son of Edwin Daingerfield and Mary Bassett Daingerfield. He lived at Belvedere in Richmond County. He married Sarah Taliaferro. Dimensions: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a black or dark brown jacket over a white waistcoat. His left hand is tucked into his waistcoat. He is […]
Sarah Taliaferro was the daughter of Lawrence Taliaferro and married William Daingerfield of Belvedere in Richmond County. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a light gold dress heavily trimmed with lace and ruffles. She has large white breastknots on her sleeve. She wears a pearl necklace and has pearls […]
Family tradition identifies the subject. The portrait has been attributed in the past to Charles Bridges; though the portrait’s restoration makes artist attribution difficult. However, if it is by Bridges, who only worked in Virginia from 1735-1745, the subject identification is questionable, though it could be another member of the Spotswood or Moore family, from […]
This portrait was once thought to represent Elizabeth Dandridge (1749-1800) who married John Aylett. However, it is unclear exactly why the portrait became identified as this subject. The portrait did not descend directly in her family. It is possible that the portrait represents Frances Dandridge. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The […]
According to the Virginia Historical Society records, this portrait was identified by family tradition and descended with a portrait believed to represent William Dandridge, his brother, and a portrait of his sister. Apparently the portraits hung together at the home of William Dandridge at Elsing Green. John Dandridge was the father of Martha Dandridge Custis […]
This portrait is known as “Mrs. Clarke,” but it is unclear why. She has also previously been identified as a Governess, Mrs. Bickerton, and Mary Todd. She cannot be firmly identified. She descended with the portrait called Mr. Ainsworth in the Moore family at Chelsea Plantation. Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.57 x […]
Anne Claiborne was the first wife of Richard Cocke V (1748-1816) of Shoal Bay. They married in 1768. She was the daughter of Augustine and Mary Herbert Claiborne. A modern label identifies the sitter and date. The artist attribution is tentative. She appears to have been painted by the same artist who painted her husband. […]
This woman is identified as a member of the Cocke family. However, her exact identity is unknown. The portrait is currently attributed to John Durand but only tentatively. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a gown with a lace fichu and a large floral brooch. Her left hand touches […]
Richard Cocke IV was married to Elizabeth Hartwell. Their primary residence was Swann’s Point. He was the son of Richard Cocke III and his wife Rebecca. He was the father of Richard Cocke V. Dimensions: 29 5/8 x 23 1/2 in. (75.25 x 59.69 cm.) The subject wears a brown suit and matching waistcoat. He […]
Captain Thomas Cocke of Surry County was a military officer who served during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763). The portrait descended in the Cocke family. It is possible that the portrait was painted in Maryland or Pennsylvania while Cocke was serving and traveling with the militia. Dimensions: 35 x 38 in. (88.9 x 96.52 cm.) […]
Elizabeth Fitzhugh Conway was the daughter of John and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh of Belle Air (or Bellair) Plantation. She married Francis Conway in 1770. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.66 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a gold dress with a ruffled white stomacher, lace sleeves, a jeweled hairpiece, a four-strand pearl necklace, and a […]
Elizabeth Tayloe Corbin was the daughter of John Tayloe I and the twin sister of John Tayloe II. Another portrait her as a younger woman descended in her brother’s family. She married Richard Corbin (ca. 1715-ca. 1787). Possible reference: “I am just setting out for Col. Corbin’s about 25 miles on the road to Maryland, […]
Gawen Corbin was the father of Richard Corbin (ca. 1715-ca. 1787) and Gawen Corbin (1712-1759). His father was Henry Corbin (1629-1675). This portrait was listed in his son’s, Gawen Corbin’s, 1760 probate inventory from Westmoreland County. In the parlor: “1 Large Picture of Old Colo. Corbin in Gilt Frame.” See: Gunston Hall Probate Inventory Database. […]
The subject of this recorded portrait is not confirmed. Richard Lee II‘s personal property inventory (ca. 1714) included portraits of a “G. Corbin” and “T. Corbin” in his hall. Richard Lee II was married to Laeititia Corbin, daughter of Henry Corbin (1629-1675). She had two brothers who survived to adulthood named Gawen and Thomas. It […]
The subject of this recorded portrait is not confirmed. Richard Lee II‘s personal property inventory (ca. 1714) included portraits of a “G. Corbin” and “T. Corbin” in his hall. Richard Lee II was married to Laeititia Corbin, daughter of Henry Corbin, an immigrant to Virginia. She had two brother who survived to adulthood named Gawen […]
Gawen Corbin was the son of Gawen Corbin and Jane Corbin. He was the brother of Richard Corbin and married Hannah Lee in 1748. His 1760 Probate Inventory listed, in the parlor: “1 Large Picture of Old Colo. Corbin in Gilt Frame 1 Large do. of the Late Colo. G. Corbin and another of Mrs. […]
Hannah Lee Corbin married Gawen Corbin in 1748. She was the daughter of Thomas Lee and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Her husband’s 1760 Probate Inventory listed, in the parlor: “1 Large Picture of Old Colo. Corbin in Gilt Frame 1 Large do. of the Late Colo. G. Corbin and another of Mrs. Corbin without Frames.” (Westmoreland […]
The attribution is based on family tradition. Henry Corbin was the father of Ann Corbin, who married William Tayloe. Their son was John Tayloe I, and the portrait descended in his family. However, the portrait appears to have been painted by the same artist who painted Elizabeth Gwynne Lyde Tayloe and David Lyde in ca. […]
Jane (or Janie Oakie) and Gawin Corbin were two of the children of John Corbin and Lettice Lee Corbin of Portobago. Their sister was Martha Corbin. Dimensions: 43 x 34 in. (109.22 x 86.36 cm.) The portrait represents two children in a landscape. A young girl sits and is turned towards her left where her […]
John Corbin was the father of Martha, Jane, and Gawin Corbin. He lived at Portobago. His parents were Gawin Corbin (1669-1744) and Jane Corbin. His wife was Lettice Lee Corbin. Reference: A Corbin descendant was said to own a portrait of “Hon. John Corbin, in British uniform, with sword in hand, full-size portrait.” This reference […]
Lettice Lee Corbin was the mother of Martha, Jane, and Gawin Corbin. She was the daughter of Richard Lee III and Martha Lee. She married John Corbin of Portobago. Reference: A Corbin descendant was said to own a portrait of “Wife of above [Hon John Corbin], who was a Lee (Lettice), taken in full dress, […]
Martha Corbin was the daughter of John and Lettice Lee Corbin of Portobago. She married George Turberville. Reference: A Corbin descendant was said to own a portrait of “Wife of above [Hon John Corbin], who was a Lee (Lettice), taken in full dress, brocade silk, with much lace,” and a portrait of “Betty Tayloe Corbin, […]
Richard Corbin built Laneville. He married Elizabeth Tayloe. The portrait descended along with that of his wife by Charles Willson Peale. The portrait looks like it was overpainted or damaged. The artist and date of creation are unclear. Dimensions: 30″ x 25″ (76.2 cm. x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a brown wig and brown […]
These children were identified by family tradition as John Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha Parke Custis (1755-1773). However, the painting is clearly by Matthew Pratt and cannot represent those siblings who were too old by 1773 when Pratt came to Virginia. The painting descended in the Bolling-Lee family and likely represents other, unidentified members of […]
Daniel Parke Custis was the son of John Custis and Frances Parke Custis. He was the first husband of Martha Dandridge. Reference: 1757 receipt for 56 pistoles to pay for this portrait, a portrait of his wife, and a double portrait of his children, is in the Custis Family Papers, Virginia Historical Society. Dimensions: 50 […]
This portrait is currently believed to be Elizabeth Beale, the third wife of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Tavenner Beale of Richmond County. Costume appears to date to ca. 1750 based on portraits by John Hesselius and Robert Feke showing women in similar dresses. It was formerly […]
The subject of this portrait is unclear. It is either Elizabeth Landon Carter, the mother of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall, or his first wife, Elizabeth Wormeley Carter (ca. 1713-1740). However, it is based on an English print from early in the 18th century supporting the identification of the subject as Landon Carter’s mother. A […]
Frances Ann Tasker came from a prominent Maryland family. She married Robert Carter of Nomini Hall in 1754. This portrait was possibly commissioned to accompany her husband’s portrait by the English artist Thomas Hudson. The couple lived for a time in a house in Williamsburg before moving to Nomini Hall with their many children. Dimensions: […]
John Carter was the son of Robert “King” Carter and Judith Armistead Carter. He married Elizabeth Hill in 1726. He inherited Corotoman from his father as well as Shirley Plantation from his wife’s father. John and Elizabeth Carter lived at both plantations. They built a new home at Shirley around 1726. Robert “King” Carter left […]
This portrait descended in the family and is identified by tradition. The life dates of the subject raise questions about the subject and the date, but it is possibly a later copy of an earlier painting or a post-mortem portrait. Judith Armistead Carter was the first wife of Robert “King” Carter and the mother of […]
Landon Carter was the son of Robert “King” Carter and wife, Elizabeth Landon Carter. He built Sabine Hall. The artist and exact date is unknown, like the portraits of his wives and mother. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.) The portrait represents a man standing with his left hand on his hip. […]
Maria Byrd Carter was the daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd of Westover. She married Landon Carter in 1742. This portrait descended at Westover in the Byrd family. Another version of this portrait descended from Landon Carter of Sabine Hall. In 1813, Mary Willing Byrd’s will bequeathed this portrait to William Powell […]
Maria Byrd Carter was the daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd of Westover. She married Landon Carter of Sabine Hall in 1742. This portrait descended from Sabine Hall and Landon Carter. Another version of this portrait descended from Westover and the Byrd family. Dimensions: 46 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. (118.11 x […]
Mary Walker Carter was the daughter of Charles Carter of Cleve and his first wife, Mary Walker. She married her cousin, Charles Carter of Corotoman and Shirley Plantation. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.93 x 60.33 cm) The subject wears a gold-brown dress with a bow and a white underskirt. There is lace […]
Robert Carter became one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Virginia. He was the son of John Carter the immigrant (ca. 1613-1670) and his fourth wife, Sarah Ludlow Carter. He married first, Judith Armistead, and second, Elizabeth Landon. This portrait of him descended from his son John who inherited Corotoman and Shirley Plantations. […]
Robert Carter became one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Virginia. He was the son of John Carter the emigrant (ca. 1613-1670) and his fourth wife, Sarah Ludlow Carter. He married first, Judith Armistead, and second, Elizabeth Landon. This portrait of him descended from his son Landon who inherited Sabine Hall. It descended […]
The portrait shown here is by Mariette Minnigrode Andrews after an unknown artist, ca. 1900. The Andrews painting of the subject was a copy of an original portrait of Robert Carter that once hung at Oatlands Plantation. Oatlands was Carter land inherited by Robert Carter II, who also owned Nomini Hall. Therefore, the Andrews portrait […]
This portrait was called Robert “King” Carter when it was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery. However, it is actually a member of the Howell or Lightfoot family. It descended in the Howell and Lightfoot family at Sandy Point. An inscription believed to date from the 19th century identified the subject as “Sir John Howell […]
Elizabeth Landon Carter was the second wife of Robert “King” Carter. According to her husband’s 1726 will, there was a portrait of her at Corotoman. He left it to their eldest son, Robert Carter II of Nomini Hall. What happened to this portrait is unknown. Another of her sons, Landon Carter, referenced a copy of […]
Robert Carter II was the son of Robert “King” Carter and Elizabeth Landon Carter. He inherited Nomini Hall among other lands. When the portrait was cleaned, evidence of an earlier portrait of a man became visible underneath, but oriented upside down. It is unknown who the second man in the portrait is or why he […]
Robert Carter III of Nomini Hall was the son of Robert Carter II and Priscilla Churchill Carter. He was painted in England by the eminent London artist, Thomas Hudson, in 1753. He married Frances Ann Tasker of Maryland in 1754. The couple lived for awhile in Williamsburg before moving with their many children to Nomini […]
The original artist is unknown. The artist Anne Fletcher painted a copy after an original portrait destroyed in the 1926 Governor’s Mansion fire where it was hanging. The photograph is used here as a record of a destroyed original portrait. In 1744, Archibald Cary married Mary Randolph. Based on the poses and costumes, it is […]
The original artist is unknown. The artist Anne Fletcher painted a copy after an original portrait destroyed in the 1926 Governor’s Mansion fire where it was hanging. The photograph is used here as a record of a destroyed original portrait. In 1744, Mary Randolph married Archibald Cary of Ampthill. Based on the poses and costumes, […]
Elizabeth Randolph Chiswell was the daughter of William Randolph II of Turkey Island and Elizabeth Beverley Randolph and the sister of William Randolph III of Wilton. Her portrait was commissioned by her brother and hung at Wilton Plantation. Dimensions: 36 x 30 in. (91.44 x 76.2 cm.) The subject wears a gold wrap dress with […]
According to the Winterthur records, an inscriptions identifies the subject as “Mrs. M. Church in/1725/ Di: May 7, 1741/ Age 23”. It is unclear who the subject is or who the artist is, though it bears stylistic similarities to works dating to the 1720-early 1740s, including works by Charles Bridges and members of the Carter […]
This subject was previously believed to be William Byrd I (ca. 1652-1704). New research dating the portrait to ca. 1680 has led to the identification of the subject as William Byrd II. He was painted around the time he was sent to England for school. It is associated iconographically and stylistically with portraits attributed to […]
William Byrd II was born at Falls Plantation (later Belvidere) and lived at Westover as an adult. He spent much of his life before 1726 in England. His first wife was Lucy Parke and his second wife was Maria Taylor of England. This portrait was copied after a portrait of Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of […]
William Byrd II was born at Falls Plantation (later Belvidere) and lived at Westover as an adult. He spent much of his life before 1726 in England. His first wife was Lucy Parke and his second wife was Maria Taylor of England. This portrait did not hang in colonial Virginia. Byrd gave this portrait of […]
William Byrd II was born at Falls Plantation (later Belvidere) and lived at Westover as an adult. He spent much of his life before 1726 in England. His first wife was Lucy Parke and his second wife was Maria Taylor of England. Mary Willing Byrd’s 1813 will mentioned three portraits of William Byrd II, which […]
This painting was previously attributed to Charles Bridges, ca. 1735; however, it was likely painted ca. 1730 by an unknown artist. It was painted as a pendant to a portrait of his sister Anne Byrd, who did not arrive in Virginia until 1730. William Byrd III was the son of William Byrd II and Maria […]
This portrait was occasionally attributed to Cosmo Alexander based on his wife’s signed and dated portrait by Alexander in 1771. However, the technique does not match Alexander’s known paintings and the costume dates closer to ca. 1750. Byrd traveled to England in 1747 and probably commissioned this portrait there. William Byrd III married first, Elizabeth […]
This portrait has long been called William Byrd III. However, it does not appear to have descended directly in the family. Two other portraits of William Byrd III are known and only two are listed in the will of Mary Willing Byrd. Therefore, it is unlikely that this is William Byrd III. If it is […]
William Byrd IV was the son of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter. William was sent to England in 1756 with his two brothers, Thomas Taylor Byrd and John Carter Byrd All three were painted in matching outfits before they left. After William Byrd IV died in 1771, Mary Willing Byrd and William Byrd […]
Dr. George Carlyle lived in the town of Kendal and then in the nearby town of Carlisle in Cumbria, England. He was the brother of John Carlyle who lived in Alexandria. He sent a portrait of himself along with his parents, William and Rachel Carlyle to John Carlyle. “Your Reasons for Not Sending the Pictures […]
John Carlyle was an emigrant and merchant who settled in Alexandria. He sent his portrait by John Hesselius to his brother, Dr. George Carlyle, who was living in the English town of Carlisle in Cumbria. Correspondence between the brothers documents the exchange of their portraits, as well as the portraits of their parents, William and […]
Rachel Murray Carlyle was the mother of the Alexandria merchant, John Carlyle. She lived in Carlisle, England. John Carlyle owned a copy of her portrait, along with her husband, William Carlyle’s portrait, and her son George’s portrait. Dr. George Carlyle sent John Carlyle the three portraits, as recorded in their correspondence. It is unclear when […]
William Carlyle was an apothecary in Carlisle, England in Cumbria. He was the father of the Alexandria merchant, John Carlyle. John Carlyle owned his portrait along with that of his wife, Rachel Murray, and his other son, George. Dr. George Carlyle sent John Carlyle the three portraits as recorded in their correspondence. It is unclear […]
Elizabeth Riddick Carr’s family was from Nansemond County. Colonial Williamsburg curators believe that her portrait was painted in Suffolk, near her family’s home. She married Samuel Carr in 1768. Ten years after Samuel’s death, she married the widower of her sister Theresa, Col. Robert Moore Riddick (1744-1804). Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.84 x […]
Samuel Carr owned land in Albemarle and Louisa Counties. Colonial Williamsburg’s curators believe that he was painted in Suffolk near his wife’s family. He married Elizabeth Riddick of Nansemond County in 1768. Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 25 in. (76.84 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait represents a man wearing a blue jacket and a yellow waistcoat, […]
Paul Carrington lived at Mulberry Hill Plantation in Charlotte County. This portrait has undergone extensive conservation and it was revealed that it cannot be Carrington. The original portrait does not appear to have descended in Virginia. Dimensions: 48 1/4 x 38 7/8 in. (122.56 x 98.74 cm.) The subject stands and is turned towards his […]
Anne Byrd Carter was the daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd. She married Charles Carter of Cleve in 1741. Family tradition says that the portrait represents her children Landon Carter (1751-1811) and Coriolianna Carter (b. 1757). However, she had eight children born between 1741 and 1757. The subject was also painted as […]
Anne Byrd Carter was the daughter of William Byrd II and Maria Taylor Byrd. She married Charles Carter of Cleve in 1741. It is possible that this portrait of Anne was done at her father’s home at Westover Plantation. The fence and outbuilding, plus the reference to lawn bowling, suggest Westover. Byrd and Dering socialized […]
Charles Carter was a son of Robert “King” Carter and his second wife, Elizabeth Landon. His first wife was Mary Walker. His second wife was Anne Byrd of Westover. They married in 1741. His third wife was Lucy Taliaferro. The artist of this portrait is unknown. His wife, Anne Byrd Carter, was painted by John […]
Charles Carter was the son of John Carter and Elizabeth Hill Carter of Shirley and Corotoman Plantations. He was the sister of Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd (Mrs. William Byrd III), who owned another portrait of him. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. (74.93 x 60.33 cm) The subject appears in a matching brown jacket […]
Charles Carter was the son of John Carter and Elizabeth Hill Carter of Shirley and Corotoman Plantations. He was the brother of Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd (Mrs. William Byrd III). A portrait of him was at Westover and was listed in the will of Mary Willing Byrd. Another portrait of him by John Wollaston remains […]
According to Carolyn J. Weekley’s research, Gray Briggs recorded paying Medici for two portraits and miniatures in 1769 but those portraits are unlocated. It is unclear if these were portraits of himself and his wife, Dorothy Pleasants Briggs, portraits of his parents, Howell and Lucy Gray Briggs, or other family members. Howell and Lucy Gray […]
Edward Brodnax was the son of William and Rebeckah Brodnax of Jamestown. The Jaquelin-Brodnax family portraits date to ca. 1720. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portraits shows a young man standing in a wooded landscape with his right hand on his hip, a cardinal perched on his left hand. He […]
Elizabeth Rebecca Brodnax was the daughter of William and Rebeckah Brodnax of Jamestown. The Jaquelin-Brodnax family portraits date to ca. 1720. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait shows a young woman wearing a blue wrap dress with red drapery around her and strapped over her shoulder. She is turned three-quarters […]
Rebeckah Champion married first Edward Travis and second, William Brodnax of Jamestown. She was the mother of Edward, Elizabeth, and William Brodnax from her second marriage, and Rebecca and Edward Travis from her first marriage. The Jaquelin-Brodnax family portraits date to ca. 1720. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait shows […]
William Brodnax emigrated to Virginia and settled in Jamestown. He married Rebeckah Champion and was the father of Edward, Elizabeth, and William Brodnax. The Jaquelin-Brodnax family portraits date to ca. 1720. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a gray wig and a gray jacket with matching gray waistcoat and […]
William Brodnax II was the son of William and Rebeckah Champion Brodnax. The Jaquelin-Brodnax family portraits date to ca. 1720. The family group of Brodnax family portraits descended through William Brodnax II’s line. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a blue jacket with silver buttons and has a red […]
The subject identification is based on family tradition and is taken from the only public record found of the portrait. Dimensions: 27 x 22 1/2 in. (68.58 x 57.15 cm.) The portrait show a man standing with one hand placed on an upright book. The measurements are smaller than usual for a three-quarter length canvas. […]
Elizabeth Carter Burwell was the daughter of Robert “King” Carter and Judith Armistead. Her first husband was Nathaniel Burwell (1680-1721); her second husband was Dr. George Nicholas. The portrait descended in the family at Carter Hall, which was built by her grandson, Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) in the 1790s. It is unclear where or exactly when […]
This portrait was almost certainly painted in England. It is believed to represent Lewis Burwell, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Carter Burwell. In 1736 he married Mary Willis. The portrait descended in the family of subject’s nephew, Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814), son of Carter Burwell (1716-1756), Lewis’ brother. Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 […]
Mary Willis Burwell was the daughter of Francis Willis and Ann Rich Willis. Her portrait was almost certainly painted in England along with that of her husband. She married Lewis Burwell in 1736. The portrait descended with her husband’s portrait in the family of her husband’s nephew, Carter Burwell (1716-1756). Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. […]
This portrait is identified by family tradition as Nathaniel Burwell. It did not descend with the portrait identified as his wife, Elizabeth Carter Burwell. Nathaniel Burwell lived at Fairfield Plantation. If it is Nathaniel Burwell, it was likely painted in the 1710s or ca. 1720. It may or may not have been painted by the […]
This portrait was previously believed to have been painted in England. However, archival evidence suggest it was painted in Virginia around 1730 when Anne Byrd arrived in Virginia from England. It was painted as a pendant to the portrait of her brother, William Byrd III, who was born in Virginia and did not travel to […]
Elizabeth Hill Carter was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Hill Carter of Shirley Plantation. The portrait descended from her brother, Charles Carter. She married William Byrd III of Westover in 1748. This portrait probably first hung at the Byrd home at either Belvidere (old Falls Plantation) or Westover and was likely commissioned by the […]
Evelyn Byrd was the eldest surviving child of William Byrd II and Lucy Parke Byrd. She never married. She spent her teenage years in England, where she sat for this portrait. In 1813, Mary Willing Byrd left the portrait to the subject’s niece, Evelyn Taylor Byrd Harrison of Brandon, as “agreeably to her Sister Ann’s […]
This portrait was occasionally attributed to Charles Bridges (active in Virginia ca. 1735-40) and called Wilhelmina Byrd (1715-1760). However, it is not stylistically attributable to Bridges. Further, this portrait descended directly from Westover and no portrait of Wilhelmina appears in the 1813 Will of Mary Willing Byrd (Mrs. William Byrd III). The subject is Lucy […]
John and his two brothers, William and Thomas, were sent to England by their father in 1756, indicating that these portraits were completed before then. John Carter Byrd was one of the sons of William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. Mary Willing Byrd’s 1813 will left this portrait to Thomas Taylor Byrd, the […]
Maria Taylor lived in Kensington, England and was the second wife of William Byrd II. She was the mother of Anne Byrd Carter, William Byrd III, Maria Byrd Carter, and Jane Byrd Page. She appears to have been painted in England before the couple moved permanently to Virginia in 1726. She was likely painted between […]
Mary Willing Byrd was the daughter of Charles Willing and Anne Shippen Willing of Philadelphia. She married William Byrd III in Philadelphia in 1761. She was his second wife. She was the mother of Maria Horsmanden Byrd Page, Evelyn Taylor Byrd Harrison, Abigail Byrd Nelson, Anne Willing Byrd, Charles Willing Byrd, Richard Willing Byrd, and […]
Mary Willing Byrd was the daughter of Charles Willing and Anne Shippen Willing of Philadelphia. She married William Byrd III in Philadelphia in 1761. She was his second wife. She was the mother of Maria Horsmanden Byrd Page, Evelyn Taylor Byrd Harrison, Abigail Byrd Nelson, Anne Willing Byrd, Charles Willing Byrd, Richard Willing Byrd, and […]
Thomas Taylor Byrd was sent along with his two brothers, John Carter and William Byrd IV, to England in 1756. Wollaston must have painted the brothers before they left. His parents were William Byrd III and Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd. In Mary Willing Byrd’s will, this portrait was left to the subject along with that […]
Elizabeth Gay Bolling was the daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth Gay. She married Thomas Bolling. She was also painted in 1778 by John Durand. She is pictured with her twin daughters, Sarah and Ann, in this picture. Dimensions: 40 3/8 x 30 3/8 in. (102.55 x 77.15 cm.) Elizabeth sits in a green upholstered […]
John Bolling was the son of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe. He married Mary Kennon. This portrait was likely painted in England. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a reddish brown jacket with large gold buttons. He wears a long gray wig and appears inside a painted oval. He […]
John Bolling, Jr. was the son of John and Mary Kennon Bolling. His first wife was Elizabeth Lewis who died without children. His second wife was Elizabeth Blair. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.66 x 60.96 cm.) The subject wears a white wig and a blue jacket with large silver buttons and silver lining. He […]
Mary Kennon was the daughter of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth Worsham. She married John Bolling. It looks like it has been overpainted. It does not look like a known artist’s work from the region. It descended in the family with other Bolling portraits. It is possible that this is a copy of an original portrait, […]
Robert Bolling emigrated from England in 1660. His first wife was Jane Rolfe, his second wife was Anne Stith. He lived at Kippax Plantation near Petersburg. His portrait likely hung there originally before the subject’s death. It descended with other Bolling family portraits associated with the Bolling family that lived at Cobbs Plantation, also near […]
Robert Bolling III was the son of Robert Bolling II (1682-1749) and Anne Cocke Bolling. He married Mary Tabb Bolling. He settled in Petersburg at a home called Bollingbrook. Dimensions: 34 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. (88.58 x 69.85 cm.) The portrait shows a man wearing a dark jacket and lighter colored waistcoat. HIs right […]
Robert Bolling II was a son of Robert Bolling and his second wife, Anne Stith. He was born at Kippax and married Anne Cocke. However, Robert Bolling II died before Wollaston arrived in Virginia in ca. 1755. The body and composition look like Wollaston but the face displays more modeling than usual. The portrait could […]
Thomas Bolling was the son of John and Elizabeth Blair Bolling of Cobbs. He married Elizabeth Gay. He was also painted by John Durand in 1778. Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (102.24 x 76.52 cm.) The portrait represents a man wearing a blue suite with large gold buttons. He stands with his arms […]
George Booth was the son of Mordecai and Joyce Armistead Booth. He was likely painted in Gloucester. He lived at Ware Neck in Gloucester County. Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 39 1/2 in. (127.64 x 100.33 cm.) The portrait shows a boy standing full length flanked by two columns topped with statuary portrait busts of women.The […]
Joyce, sometimes called Judith, was the mother of George Booth. She was the daughter of William Armistead of Hesse. Her portrait was probably painted in Gloucester. The subject lived at Ware Neck. Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 39 ½ in. (127.63 x 100.33 cm.). The subject wears a blue dress with gold ruffles on her bodice. She […]
Elizabeth Boush was the daughter of Samuel Boush of Norfolk. She later married Champion Travis of Jamestown. Dimensions: 30 3/8 x 25 9/16 in. (77.15 x 64.93 cm.) The subject wears a blue dress heavily embellished with white or silver embroidery, ruching and lace at her elbows, and lace at her neckline. She wears an […]
George Braxton III was the son of George Braxton II and Mary Carter Braxton. He inherited Newington Plantation. He married Mary Blair in 1753. Dimensions: 35 7/8 x 28 7/8 in. (91.12 x 73.34 cm.) The subject wears a dark blue coat trimmed with bands of gold and a white waistcoat. A ribbon flies behind […]
Mary Blair Braxton was the daughter of John and Mary Munroe Blair. She married George Braxton in 1753. Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (92.71 x 74.93 cm.) The subject wears a white, Van Dyck-inspired gown with a pink bow at her breast. She wears pearls, ribbon, and a black feather in her hair. […]
William Brent lived at Richland Plantation and came from a prominent Catholic family of Maryland and Virginia. He married Eleanor Carroll of Maryland in ca. 1753. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 25 in. (74.93 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a gray coat and white waistcoat with silver trim. A ribbon flies behind his neck. A […]
Eleanor Carroll Brent came from the prominent, Catholic Carroll family of Maryland. She married William Brent of Richland in ca. 1753. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 25 in. (74.93 x 63.5 cm.) Portrait represents a woman wearing a white Van Dyck-inspired gown with heavy lace trim and dark blue breastknot. She is inside a painted oval […]
Dorothy Pleasants Briggs was from a prominent Quaker famiy of Curles Neck. She married Gray Briggs of Wales Plantation. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a blue gown trimmed with ruffles, a kerchief over her chest, a large matching bow and a floral brooch on her breast. She also […]
Gray Briggs was the son of Howell and Lucy Gray Briggs. He lived at Wales Plantation near Petersburg and married Dorothy Pleasants. Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.12 x 63.5 cm.) The portrait represents a man wearing a blue jacket and yellow waistcoat. His suit has large gold or brass buttons. A hat is […]
This is one of only two portraits attributed to Cosmo Medici. Howell Briggs built Wales Plantation near Petersburg. He married Lucy Gray and was the father of Gray Briggs. Dimensions: approximately 22 x 19 in. (55.88 x 48.26 cm.); based on portrait of wife Carolyn J. Weekley, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South […]
One of only two portraits attributed to Cosmo Medici. He also painted her husband, Howell Briggs. They were the parents of Gray Briggs. Their son, Gray Briggs, recorded paying Medici for two portraits and miniatures in 1769 but those portraits are unlocated. Dimensions: 22 x 19 in. (55.88 x 48.26 cm.) The portrait represents a […]
According to Carolyn J. Weekley’s research, Gray Briggs, recorded paying Medici for two portraits and miniatures in 1769 but those portraits are unlocated. It is unclear if these were portraits of himself and his wife, Dorothy Pleasants Briggs, portraits of his parents, Howell and Lucy Gray Briggs, or other family members. Howell and Lucy Gray […]
Daniel Barraud was a merchant in Norfolk and a partner in the firm Balfour & Barraud (with James Balfour). His wife Catherine Curle’s portrait was painted by same artist, apparently in 1770. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 24 7/8in. (74.9 x 63.2 cm.) He appears in a painted oval wearing a plain brown suit and waistcoat […]
The subject is believed to be John Baylor III who was born at Smithfield Plantation in King & Queen County but built a home at Newmarket Plantation after returning from England in the mid-1720s. His portrait may have been painted in England when he was sent to school but it also bears stylistic similarity to […]
The portrait looks overpainted from reference photographs and there is a record of restoration, but there are some compositional similarities to John Wollaston’s portraits. The portrait could be a later copy of John Wollaston’s original or after another artist entirely. The canvas is also an unusual size. Judith Bell was the appropriate age to be […]
Elizabeth Carter Berkeley was the daughter of Landon Carter and Elizabeth Wormeley. Given her age, she was probably painted shortly before her marriage at Sabine Hall where her parents resided. She married Nelson Berkeley in 1758. Nelson Berkeley lived at Airwell and was the son of Edmund and Mary Nelson Berkeley. Dimension: 49 1/2 x […]
Lady Berkeley, identified as the subject of this portrait by tradition, was the wife of Governor William Berkeley and later married Philip Ludwell. Berkeley built a home at Greensprings but after his death, the Ludwell family moved there. Based on style, the portrait could date to as early as the 1690s but appears to show […]
Mary Nelson Berkeley was the daughter of “Scotch Tom” Nelson, prominent merchant of Yorktown, and sister of William Nelson. She married Edmund Berkeley of Barn Elms in 1728. This portrait was very likely commissioned along with those of William and Elizabeth Nelson’s portraits, which are both attributed to Robert Feke as well. Its unusual square […]
The costume and style of this portrait appears to be from the 1690s or later making the traditional subject attribution highly questionable. The portrait was likely painted in England. Governor William Berkeley built Greensprings and married Frances Culpeper Stephens. He was the Governor of Virginia during Bacon’s Rebellion. Following his death in 1677, Lady Berkeley […]
Elizabeth Bland Beverley’s son, Robert Beverley (ca. 1740-1800), sent her portrait to England to be repaired by Robert Edge Pine in 1775. She was the husband of William Beverley (ca. 1696-1756). The portrait hung at Blandfield Plantation and was painted before 1756. The portrait is now missing. “I have sent my Fathers & Mothers Pictures […]
The subject attribution is from the Frick Art Reference Library. It could be a different Beverley family member; the portrait descended in the Beverley family. Family tradition only identifies her as “Mrs. Beverley.” Peter Beverley (ca. 1688-1728) of Gloucester County married Elizabeth Peyton. The portrait is heavily overpainted. However, costume details bear strong resemblance to […]
This portrait was recorded at Westover in 1813, home of the Byrd family. Maria Carter Beverley was the daughter of Landon and Maria Byrd Carter (1727-1744). After her mother’s death, she spent a lot of time at Westover with her grandmother, Maria Taylor Byrd. She later married Robert Beverley (ca. 1740-1800) of Blandfield in 1763. […]
The subject attribution is from the Frick Art Reference Library and Clarke Country Historical Association. It could be a different Beverley family member; the portrait descended in the Beverley family. Family tradition only identifies him as “Mr. Beverley.” Peter Beverley of Gloucester Country was married to Elizabeth Peyton. Costume details are similar to that of […]
William Beverley’s son, Robert Beverley (ca. 1740-1800), sent his portrait to England to be repaired by Robert Edge Pine in 1775. His parents were Robert Beverley (d. 1722) and Ursula Byrd Beverley. He was the husband of Elizabeth Bland Beverley. The portrait hung at Blandfield Plantation and was painted before 1756. The portrait is now […]
William Beverley was the son of Robert Beverley (ca. 1740-1800) and Maria Carter Beverley (1744-1815) of Blandfield. Dimensions: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm.) The portrait shows a little boy with curly blonde hair wearing a red suit. He has a black ribbon tied around his neck and his suit has silver buttons. […]
Reverend James Blair was an Anglican minister, Scottish emigrant, and co-founder of the College of William & Mary (1693). He married Sarah Harrison of Virginia and they had no children. His brother was Archibald Blair. Based on the composition, Blair appears to be sitting in the Brafferton Indian School building. The original College building burned […]
Reverend James Blair was an Anglican minister, Scottish emigrant, and co-founder of the College of William & Mary (1693). He married Sarah Harrison of Virginia and they had no children. His brother was Archibald Blair. This portrait is signed by the English artist, John Hargraves (sometimes Hargroves or Hargreaves). It was painted in England ca. […]
Jean Balfour was Scottish and married her Virginia-born cousin, John Blair (1732-1800), in Edinburgh while he was visiting in 1756. Her husband, John Blair, was the son of John Blair, son of Archibald Blair. The artist appears to have signed and dated the portrait in 1776. However, the portrait looks heavily overpainted. The artist worked […]
This portrait has also variously been identified as Archibald Blair, James Blair, or Hugh Blair. Dimensions: 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (74.3 x 59 cm.) Portrait shows a man wearing a dark suit and a wig. See: Graham Hood, Charles Bridges and William Dering: Two Virginia Painters, 1735-1750 (1978), 37-40; Encyclopedia Virginia […]
The problem with identifying the subjects in this portrait is that it apparently descended through the child pictured, James Blair. According to tradition, the portrait passed from James Blair to his widow, Kitty Eustace. The two married in 1771 and James Blair was in the process of divorcing Kitty, from he separated almost immediately after […]
Sarah Harrison was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison (1645-1712) and married Reverend James Blair in 1687. They had no children. The portrait is signed and was painted in England. Dimensions: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.) The subject wears a dress trimmed with jewels and she is wrapped in a drape. She is […]
Elizabeth Blair was the daughter of Archibald Blair and married John Bolling, Jr. of Cobbs Plantation in 1728. The portrait descended in the family. It is currently attributed to Charles Bridges. Dimensions: 28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm.) The subject wears a red dress wrap dress and appears in a painted oval. She […]
This subject is called “Mr. Ainsworth, merchant of London, agent of Augustine Moore.” A “Mr. Ainsworth” cannot currently be identified. The subject was also previously identified as “John Bickerton.” The portrait descended with “Mrs. Clarke” in the Moore family at Chelsea Plantation. It was formerly attributed to Charles Bridges. The date of creation is unclear, […]
There are two other portraits identified as Clara Walker Allen (DIA and Shelburne Museum), but they do not all represent the same person. All three descended in the Allen family at Claremont Plantation. This is the youngest of the three subjects and is the most likely to be Clara Walker Allen, who would have been […]
There are two other portraits also identified as Clara Walker Allen (Brooklyn Museum and Shelburne Museum), but they do not all represent the same person. All three descended in the Allen family at Claremont Plantation, though it is unclear when this portrait entered the family’s collection there. This subject appears too old to be Clara […]
There are two other portraits also identified as Clara Walker Allen (Brooklyn Museum and DIA), but they do not all represent the same person. All three descended in the Allen family at Claremont Plantation, though it is unclear when this portrait entered the family’s collection there. This subject appears too old to be Clara Walker […]
There is another portrait identified as William Allen. Both portraits descended in the family at Claremont Plantation. William Allen was in his twenties when Wollaston worked in Virginia, matching the approximate age of the man in this portrait. This portrait also descended with the portrait of the woman most likely to be William Allen’s first […]
There is another portrait identified as William Allen. Both portraits descended in the family at Claremont Plantation, though it is not clear when this portrait entered the family’s collection there. This man looks older than William Allen would have been when Wollaston worked in Virginia. It is likely that this is another member of the […]
The artist, Charles Willson Peale, lived with the Arbuckle family at their home at Custis Neck in Accomack County for about six months in 1766. In Peale’s Autobiography, he wrote, “Mr. Arbuckle was a Man of kind & Generous disposition. He had his own, his Ladys and Childs portraits done immediately. and his having an […]
Tabitha Arbuckle was the daughter of Henry Custis (d. 1751), wife of James Arbuckle, and mother of Edward Arbuckle. The artist, Charles Willson Peale, lived with the Arbuckle family at their home at Custis Neck in Accomack County for about six months in 1766. In Peale’s Autobiography, he wrote, “Mr. Arbuckle was a Man of […]
Edward Archer was born in Barbadoes and emigrated to Virginia in 1732. His daughter Mollie (Mary) Archer married Thomas Applewhaite of Barbadoes. Archer was a merchant in Norfolk. His son was Edward Archer II. Dimensions: 32 x 26 in. (81.28 x 66.04 cm.) The portrait shows an older man seated in dark green upholstered chair. […]
A date of 1776 is suggested by MESDA and the FARL; however, the subject’s father, Edward Archer, was painted during John Durand’s earlier trip to Virginia in 1769. Edward Archer II was a merchant in Norfolk. He was the son of Edward and Dinah Archer. Dimensions: 35 x 29 in. (81.28 x 73.66 cm.) The […]
Eleanor Arell’s husband, Richard Arell, was a tavernkeeper in Alexandria. Dimensions: 46 1/4 x 35 3/4 in. (117.48 x 90.81 cm.) The woman in the portrait sits with a fichu over her shoulders tied with a bow. She wears a four strand beaded necklace and a cap. Her right elbow rests on a table while […]
The subject was a tavernkeeper in Alexandria. According to MESDA records, Arell moved to the city in 1771. Dimensions: 48 1/8 x 35 in. (122.24 x 88.9 cm.) The subject wears a white or light gray wig, dark jacket with darker waistcoat. His left hand is in his waistcoat, his right forearm rests on a […]
Subject married Roger Atkinson of Mansfield Plantation, located near Petersburg. Anne Pleasants was from the Pleasants family of Curles Neck in Charles City County. She was the mother of Thomas Atkinson. Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 27 1/8 in. (87 x 68.9 cm.) Subject stands with her arms crossed at her waist, wearing a dress with […]
Roger Atkinson was a Petersburg merchant who purchased Mansfield Plantation in the 1760s. He married Anne Pleasants and was the father of Thomas Atkinson. Dimensions: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (90.17 x 69.85 cm.) The subject wears a wig. His right hand is in his waistcoat. See: MESDA Database, S-5779 […]
Thomas Atkinson was the son of Roger and Anne Pleasants Atkinson of Mansfield Plantation. Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. (72.39 x 59.06 cm.) The portrait represents a young boy wearing a blue jacket with a white waistcoat. He holds an apple in his right hand and a basket of apples in his left […]
Anna Baird was the daughter of John Baird. She married Joseph Weisiger. There is no date associated with this portrait; it is possible that it was painted in the 1780s during one of Durand’s later trips to Virginia. Dimensions: 29 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (74.3 x 61.24 cm.) The portrait represents a young woman […]
This man is believed to be John Baird who emigrated from Scotland. He was the father of Anna Baird. However, the woman identified as Anna Baird appears to be of a similar age, so it is possible that one of the portraits is misidentified. There is no firm date on this portrait, so it is […]
James Balfour was a Scottish emigrant who was a factor for the prominent Hanbury firm of London. He was a merchant in Hampton and Norfolk and was a partner in the firm of Balfour and Barraud (with Daniel Barraud). He lived for a time at Little Scotland Plantation and then moved to Little England Plantation […]
Mary Jemima Balfour was the wife of the merchant James Balfour and mother of George Balfour. Dimensions: 48 x 39 in. (121.92 x 99.06 cm.) Subject wears a white, Roman-inspired gown with a pale pink underskirt, pearls and a pink sash in her hair which crosses her chest, a blue breastknot, and red drapery around […]
Catherine Curle was the wife of Daniel Barraud, a merchant in Norfolk. Her portrait is inscribed on the back, “Cathere Barraud, age 40 A.D. 1770.” Her husband’s portrait is dated 1774. Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm.) The subject wears a green dress and a lace-trimmed fichu over her chest […]