Portrait of the Rt. Rev. Theodore Dehon

Painting

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Portrait of Rt. Rev. Dehon: Resolution: 200
Portrait of Rt. Rev. Dehon

Resolution: 200

Name/Title

Portrait of the Rt. Rev. Theodore Dehon

Entry/Object ID

59.3.1

Tags

Needs new photography

Description

Head and shoulders portrait depicting Bishop Dehon in clerical robes with collar tabs

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Oil on Panel

Subject

The Right Reverend Theodore Dehon

Subject Person

Dehon, Reverend Theodore

Subject Place

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

59.3

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Cogdell, John Stevens

Role

Painter

Date made

1819 - 1819

Place

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Reverse of panel

Transcription

The Labor of Memory In, I Think 1819, of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Theodore Dehon, Rector of St. Michael's Charleston, By a Member and a Sincere Friend John S. Cogdell (1778-1847)

Language

English

Material/Technique

Inscribed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Name

Portrait

Dimensions

Height

24-3/8 in

Width

19-3/4 in

Depth

3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Frame: 29" x 26"

Location

Location

Room

103

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Exhibit

Moved By

Red

Date

June 25, 2002

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

NR 303, Art Storage lower "E"

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Needs Cleaning and Restoration of Bad Infill and Overstripping painting Conserved By Catherine Rogers in 1999. Returned May 22.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dehon, Reverend Theodore

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Dehon Family By family descent through the Dehon family.

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Head and shoulders portrait depicting Bishop Dehon in clerical robes with collar tabs Charleston, SC Cogdell, John Stevens 1819

General Notes

Note

Notes: Color 4 x 5 Transparency and 35 mm slides taken by Rick Rhodes, April 27, 2004 black and white photos in file - badly yellowed conservation slides - before and after also in file, taken by Catherine Rogers 1999. conservation paid through donation pf $1500 by Mrs. Frederick Dehon of West Palm Beach and remainder of monies $500 from the Russell Family Fund.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 3, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

November 17, 2023