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Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822)
Susan Lawson Buchanan (Mrs. Andrew Buchanan) 1790s
Oil on canvas
26 49/64 x 22 11/64 in. (68.0 x 56.3 cm.)
Gift of Mrs. Francis Tazewell Redwood
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: xx-4-222
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Artist: Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822)
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Medium: Painting
Influences/Attributions: Perhaps Charles Peale Polk
Description: Bust portrait shows Susan Lawson Buchanan (Mrs. Andrew Buchanan): older woman with gray-brown hair, wearing white cap and fichu, and black dress, while holding book in right hand, "S / Doddridge[?] / Progress". Red drape forms background.
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Label (in ink pen): "Susanna Lawson Married Andrew Buchanan / July 20th 1760. / Colonel V Calin General in the Revolutionary War- / Judge of the County Court and an eminent merchant / of Baltimore " (see written report for remainder)
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