Mrs. Rawlins Lowndes (Sarah Jones) (1756/57–1801)

Artist Jeremiah Theus American, born Switzerland, 1719–1774, active in the United States 1735–1774

Datecirca 1773

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 30 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (78.1 x 62.2 x 5.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and Joseph Garnier

Object number70.54.1

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Provenance**Created United States; Mrs. Rawlins Lowndes; presumably to son, William Lowndes; by descent to St. Julien Ravenel Childs, Charleston, SC: James Arthur Williams, Savannah, GA; [Joseph Garnier, Pinehurst, NC, 1970]; sold to NCMA, 1970.
Published ReferencesMargaret Simons Middleton, Jeremiah Theus: Colonial Artist of Charles Town (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1953), discussed 145, illus. (b-w) 84 (collection of St. Julien Ravenel Childs, Charleston).

"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 71.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions and Loans," July 16-October 1, 1972.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery, "Facets and Faces: Functions of Portraits," September 1, 1989-June 1, 1990.
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