Peter Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Peter Bounetheau, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.2
Copied Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, Peter Bounetheau, ca. 1820, watercolor on ivory, sight 6 144 34 in. (15.912.1 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau, 1946.3.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Peter Bounetheau
Date
ca. 1820
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 6 144 34 in. (15.912.1 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Du Pré Bounetheau
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Occupation — political — statesman
  • Portrait male — Bounetheau, Peter — bust
Object Number
1946.3.2

Artwork Description

Both this miniature and Peter Bounetheau (1946.3.3) 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.