Mary Middleton Drayton

Art

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Mary Middleton Drayton

Entry/Object ID

72.3.4

Tags

Needs new photography

Description

Unknown artist Mary Middleton Drayton 1854 Oil on canvas depicting elderly woman at center canvas in black dress with white collar and rectangular black and gold brooch with oval opening displaying woven hair. White cap tied under chin. Left hand with gold wedding band holds red and gilt bound book. Modern paper label applied to reverse reads: "Mrs. Mary Middleton Drayton Age 61 October 31, 1854, canvas mark prepared by Charles Roberson, 51 Long acre, London". In molded frame painted gold.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

72.3.

Source or Donor

Mr. Charles H. Drayton and Martha Drayton, et. al.

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1854 - 1854

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

41 in

Width

35 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions are of framed portrait.

Location

Location

Room

303

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

May 11, 2005

Location

Room

303

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Jill Beute Koverman

Date

July 5, 2000

Location

Building

NR 303, Art Storage lower "C"

Category

Permanent

Condition

Notes

Restored, restretched on new stretchers, revarnished, crazing.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 8, 2002

Updated By

mooreks@wofford.edu

Update Date

January 14, 2025