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Portrait of Governor William Moultrie
Charles Fraser (American, 1782-1860)1802
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This may be the original drawing for the copper engraving used as a frontispiece by Gideon Fairman in William Moultrie, "Memoirs of the American Revolution," vol. I (New York, 1802).
The French inscription has been identified by Professor Gilbert Chinard and Mr. Stewart W. Jackson as the handwriting of Michelange Bernard de Mangourit (1752-1829), who was appointed French consul at Charlston in 1792 and who seems to have remained there until 1795 or 1796.
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- Title: Portrait of Governor William Moultrie
- Creator: Charles Fraser (American, 1782-1860)
- Date Created: 1802
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Charles Fraser (American, 1782-1860)
- Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [in 5 West Mount Vernon Place].
- Object Type: paintings; drawings
- Medium: India-ink wash, with white on paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower left, around edge of portrait oval: Charles Fraser - So. Carolina 1802; [Inscription] Bottom center: His Excellcy William Moultrie Late Governor of the State of S. Carolina / Major General in the American Revolutionary War; [Inscription] Bottom center, attributed to Michelange Bernard de Mangourit (1752-1829), French consul at Charlston, SC: je suis fure [sic] destitué en 1793; il mΓÇÖoffrit une de ses terres pour azyle: Toujours dans mon coeur!
- Exhibitions: Charles Fraser of Charleston. Gibbes Memorial Art Gallery, Charleston. 1983.
- Dimensions: H of image: 5 x W: 3 7/8 in. (12.7 x 9.8 cm); H of paper: 7 1/4 x W: 5 5/8 in. (18.42 x 14.29 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1942
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