Category

PAINTINGS & PRINTS

Object Name

PAINTING, MINIATURE

Maker/Artist

Fraser, Charles\1782-1860*

MESDA Craftsman ID Number

12241

Place Made

Charleston, South Carolina

Date

1848

Materials

watercolor on ivory

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]3 7/10″ __[Overall Wdth]3 3/10″ __[Overall Depth] __[Overall Len] __[Overall Diam] __[Other]sight measurement

Description

miniature portrait of a woman in a three-quarter pose facing left, sitting in a chair wearing a lace cap, collar, shawl

Object Location

Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, acc. #40.7.1

Photo Number

S-3426

File Location

PAINTINGS/Fraser, Charles

History

The miniature portrait was given to the Gibbes Art Museum by Mrs. Ridgely Hunt.

Alterations-Condition

good

Sign/Marks

__”painted by C. Fraser Decr. 1848 Charleston”

Wood Analysis

leather box, original

Subjects

Mrs. William John Grayson (nee Susannah Greene) b. 1770 __The subject married William John Grayson on 9 October 1787. __See Craftsman database and MESDA’s photographic files for information on the artist, Charles Fraser.

Examined

Carolyn J. Weekley __04/00/1974