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Peter Bounetheau

  • Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Henry Benbridge, Peter Bounetheau, ca. 1815, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.3

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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.

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
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau

Mediums
watercolor
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Painting
Miniature
Keywords
  • Occupation – political – statesman
Object Number
1946.3.3
Palette
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