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American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly Richard Noble Thweatt, Jr.
oil on canvas
unsigned
29 x 24 1/2 inches.
Richard Noble Thweatt (1780-1835) was a prominent planter from Virginia who married Mary "Polly" Eppes, a niece of Thomas Jefferson. Thweatt notoriously killed Edwin Fort in a duel in 1802 near Petersburg, Virginia, and was later summoned for jury service during Aaron Burr’s 1807 treason trial. Census records suggest Thweatt owned fifty-three enslaved individuals in Dinwiddie County in 1820 and sixty-five at his sprawling Chesterfield County estate by 1830.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Provenance:
Richard Noble and Mary Thweatt, Chesterfield County, Virginia;
by descent within the family, thence to the present owner.
Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly Richard Noble Thweatt, Jr.
oil on canvas
unsigned
29 x 24 1/2 inches.
Richard Noble Thweatt (1780-1835) was a prominent planter from Virginia who married Mary "Polly" Eppes, a niece of Thomas Jefferson. Thweatt notoriously killed Edwin Fort in a duel in 1802 near Petersburg, Virginia, and was later summoned for jury service during Aaron Burr’s 1807 treason trial. Census records suggest Thweatt owned fifty-three enslaved individuals in Dinwiddie County in 1820 and sixty-five at his sprawling Chesterfield County estate by 1830.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Provenance:
Richard Noble and Mary Thweatt, Chesterfield County, Virginia;
by descent within the family, thence to the present owner.
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Framed: 37 1/4 x 32 inches.
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American School, 19th Century
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