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Ann Ogle Tayloe III (Mrs. John Tayloe III, 1772-1855) and her daughters Rebecca Plater Tayloe (1797-c. 1800) and Henrietta Hill Tayloe (Mrs. Henry Greenfield Sotheron Key, 1794-1832), by Bouche, 1799. Oil on canvas. 38 25/32 x 31 27/64 in. (98.5 x 79.8 cm.) Maryland Historical Society, Accession:
1952-15-7.
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Mrs. Philip Barton Key, by Bouche, 1785. Oil on canvas. 23 1/2 x 19 1/64 in. (59.7 x 48.3 cm.)
Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1994-5-2.
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Medium/Discipline: Painting, Works on Paper
Maryland Affiliation: Depicts Maryland subjects, Active while in residence
Prominent Theme: Portraits
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Biography: The name of "Bouche" appears in an advertisement in the "Maryland Journal" for November 5, 1795, in which Bouche proposes a drawing school at his home on Harrison Street. His partner in the venture, M. de Valdenuit, had also worked with St. Memin, a portrait engraver who worked in Baltimore for a time. The art school that Bouche and de Valdenuit ran offered drawing and painting classes with flowers, landscape and figures as subject. A Frenchwoman also offered embroidery instruction for students at the school. One of Bouche's portraits was of two sisters, Sally Scott and Anna Maria Murray, who were friends of John Hesselius' daughter; John Hesselius was an artist who lived and worked in Baltimore.
Art-related Employment: painter; art instructor
Selected References: Pleasants, J. Hall. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art), 1945.
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: Maryland Historical Society: two unattributed paintings signed, in whole or in part, "Bouche"
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