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Mrs. Daniel Carroll II (1731-63) and Daniel Carroll III (1752-c. 1790), by John Wollaston, c. 1753-1754. Oil on canvas. 50 1/2 x 40 9/32 in.(128.3 x 102.3 cm.) Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1925-1-2.
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Benedict Calvert, by John Wollaston, c. 1754. Oil on canvas. 51 31/32 x 47 63/64 in. (132.0 x 121.9 cm.) Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1976-2-1.
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Mary Digges Lee (Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee), by John Wollaston, c. 1758-1760. Oil on canvas. 29 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (75.9 x 63.2 cm.) Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1956-51-1.
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Medium/Discipline: Painting
Birthplace: England
Place of Death: Bath?, England
Maryland Affiliation: Depicts Maryland subjects, Active while in residence
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Biography: John Wollaston was the son of a portrait painter of the same name who lived in England. The son John Wollaston may have received instruction from a painter in drapery in London before coming to New York where he was listed as a portrait painter. John Wollaston was in Maryland 1754-55 when his portraits of the Calvert family were executed.Charles Willson Peale wrote that Wollaston was in Annapolis, Md. in 1755 and painted portraits of prominent families there. He is also said to have spent time in Virginia where he executed portraits of the Randolph family. During the 1760s, he painted in Charleston, then returned to England and traveled to the East Indies. He died in England, probably in Bath.
Art-related Employment: painter
Selected References: Pleasants, J. Hall. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art), 1945.
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: Baltimore Museum of Art;
Maryland Historical Society
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