Mrs. Smilie

Art

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Mrs. Smilie

Entry/Object ID

79.6.1

Description

Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872) Mrs. Abraham Hayne Smilie (nee Susannah Branford, b.1742) Charleston, SC 1818/1821 Oil on canvas Portrait of Mrs. Abraham Hayne (Nee Susannah Branford, Later Mrs. William Smilie). Half Length Portrait of an Older Woman Seated in Chair with Gilt Frame and Rose Upholstery Wearing Black Dress and Shawl, White Fichu and Cap. Daughter of Ezekiel Branford and Alice Bulline. Married Abraham Hayne in 1755, Three Children.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

79.6.

Source or Donor

Campbell, Mrs. Donald B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Morse, Samuel F.B.

Date made

1818 - 1821

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Name

Portrait

Dimensions

Height

36 in

Width

31 in

Dimension Notes

Canvas dimensions H: 29" W: 24"

Location

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

303

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

November 1, 2004

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Moved By

SJ

Date

July 27, 2004

Location

Building

NR WITHDRAWING ROOM

Moved By

June Hawkins

Date

June 25, 2002

Notes

Until: 11/01/2004

Location

Room

303

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Renee LaHue Marshall

Date

September 1, 1997

Notes

Until: 10/01/1998

Location

Building

Carolina Art Assocation/Gibbes Museum of Art

Moved By

Frances R. Edmunds

Date

October 1, 1979

Notes

Until: 09/1997

Condition

Notes

Corrugated backing board attached November 4, 2004

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

58.5.1, 58.5.2, 58.5.3

Provenance

Notes

Last Owner: Descended in the Hayne family Given to donor, Mrs. Donald B. (Lucy Harrison) Campbell upon the death of her mother, Margaret Hayne Harrison, in November 13, 1978. Margaret Hayne Harrison's father was Brewton Alston Hayne from Charleston, SC.

General Notes

Note

Notes: File contains xerox of old newspaper clipping showing the donor Mrs. Donald B. Campbell, her daughter Nancy, and her mother Mrs. Maurice E. Harrison (Margaret Hayne). Image and xerox are not dated. Loaned to Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Assocation in 1979, returned as of September 1997. Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 26, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 26, 2023