Mrs. Walter Stewart. Deborah Mc Clenaghan. [engraving]
1854
P&E L1994.969.22m
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Title
Mrs. Walter Stewart. Deborah Mc Clenaghan. [engraving]
Published
New York D. Appleton & Co. [1854]
Description
1 print ; on sheet 29 x 21 cm.
Call Number
P&E L1994.969.22m
Note
Three-quarter length, standing, slightly to the right. Her left elbow rests on a high table and her right arm rest over the left and she holds a closed fan in the right hand. On both wrists are bracelets of miniature portraits held on with strands of pearls. Her hair is upswept and decorated with a stand of pearls. On the table to the right is a mandolin and sheets of music with the background a rotunda hallway with oval paintings or mirrors.
Below the title, it reads: "From an original picture by C. W. Peale in possession of Philip Church, Esq., Angelica, New York."
Eilzabeth Stewart was the wife of Colonol Walter Stewart, who served honorably during the revolution and is pictured with Washington in Trumbull's painting of the surrender at Yorktown. He was also honored with a congressional medal for gallantry during the Battle of Stony Point. The Stewarts and the Washingtons were close friends, and Washington was named the godfather of their first son. The Stewarts settled in Philadelphia after spending several years after the war in Europe. Their home was a frequent center of social events during the years that the capital was in Philadelphia.
Walter Stewart was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Pennsylvania.
Frontis page from Griswold, "The Republican court, or American society in the days of Washington, Supplemental chapter on society in Philadelphia while that city was the capital of the republic, No. 22."
Below the title, it reads: "From an original picture by C. W. Peale in possession of Philip Church, Esq., Angelica, New York."
Eilzabeth Stewart was the wife of Colonol Walter Stewart, who served honorably during the revolution and is pictured with Washington in Trumbull's painting of the surrender at Yorktown. He was also honored with a congressional medal for gallantry during the Battle of Stony Point. The Stewarts and the Washingtons were close friends, and Washington was named the godfather of their first son. The Stewarts settled in Philadelphia after spending several years after the war in Europe. Their home was a frequent center of social events during the years that the capital was in Philadelphia.
Walter Stewart was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Pennsylvania.
Frontis page from Griswold, "The Republican court, or American society in the days of Washington, Supplemental chapter on society in Philadelphia while that city was the capital of the republic, No. 22."
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