Polly Ouldfield of Winyah
ca. 1761
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 × 63.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-128331
Polly Ouldfield was born into a life of privilege. Her father was a member of the Commons House of Assembly in London, and records indicate that he owned land in Georgetown in 1752. Polly's husband was a landowner from Charleston, South Carolina, who served as Commissary of Militia in the Georgetown District during the Revolutionary War. (Middleton, Jeremiah Theüs: Colonial Artist of Charles Town…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Registry history
- ca. 1761 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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