Peter Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Henry Benbridge, Peter Bounetheau, ca. 1815, watercolor on ivory, 1 ¹⁄₄ x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.3

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Artwork Details

Title: Peter Bounetheau
Artists: Henry Brintnell Bounetheau
Copy after Henry Benbridge
Date: ca. 1815
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 1 ¹⁄₄ x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 cm) oval
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Bounetheau, Peter — bust
Occupation — political — statesman
Object Number: 1946.3.3
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1946.3.3

Artwork Description

Both this miniature and Peter Bounetheau (1946.3.2) are nearly identical portraits of the artist's father in the robes of a magistrate. Peter Bounetheau had served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, and thereafter Benjamin Franklin appointed him the postmaster of Charleston, South Carolina. For both paintings, the artist copied a miniature of his father painted by Henry Benbridge as inspiration.