Mrs. Joseph Manigault (Charlotte Drayton)

Edward Greene Malbone, Mrs. Joseph Manigault (Charlotte Drayton), ca. 1801, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pearl G. Manigault, 1970.296
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Artwork Details

Title
Mrs. Joseph Manigault (Charlotte Drayton)
Artist
Date
ca. 1801
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 x 2 3⁄8 in. (7.5 x 6.0 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Pearl G. Manigault
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Drayton, Charlotte — bust
  • Portrait female — Manigault, Joseph, Mrs. — bust
Object Number
1970.296
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1970.296

Artwork Description

This miniature of Charlotte Drayton (1781-1855) remained in the Manigault family of Charleston, South Carolina, along with a miniature of her husband, which Edward Malbone painted the following year. Joseph Manigault was a plantation owner, a member of the South Carolina legislature, and a trustee of the College of Charleston.

Works by this artist (12 items)

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Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Railroad Station 1880 (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office and Courthouse), 1941, tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.90
Railroad Station 1880 (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri…
Artist
Date1941
tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Abandoned Farm, 1934, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.418
Abandoned Farm
Artist
Date1934
etching on paper
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, (Untitled) (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office and Courthouse), 1941, tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.91
(Untitled) (mural study, St. Joseph, Missouri Post Office…
Artist
Date1941
tempera, pencil and crayon on paperboard
Not on view
Gustaf Oscar Dalström, Night, Chicago World's Fair, 1933, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.529
Night, Chicago World’s Fair
Artist
Date1933
etching on paper
Not on view

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Artist
Date1941-1952
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Claire Falkenstein, Untitled, 1976, embossed paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.18, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Artist
Date1976
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Claire Falkenstein, Mandala, 1977, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.19, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Artist
Date1977
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Les Quais de la Seine a Paris
Artist
Date1917
hand-colored etching on postcard
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