- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- James Habersham
- Creator:
- Theus, Jeremiah, ca. 1719-1774
- Date of Original:
- 1770/1779
- Subject:
- Statesmen--Georgia--Savannah
Legislators--Georgia
Governors--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia--Savannah
Portraits--Georgia--Savannah
Habersham, James, 1715-1775--Portraits
Habersham, James, 1715-1775 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A portrait of James Habersham Sr., president of the state legislature and acting governor during the colonial era, was painted by artist Jeremiah Theus in the 1770s. Theus, a native of Switzerland, lived and worked in Charleston, South Carolina, for several decades and established himself as a prominent southern painter. Oil on canvas.
Image of a portrait of James Habersham Sr., president of the Georgia state legislature and acting governor during the colonial era, painted by artist Jeremiah Theus in the 1770s. Habersham is depicted wearing a brown jacket over a gold brocade vest. Theüs, a native of Switzerland, lived and worked in Charleston, South Carolina, for several decades and established himself as a prominent southern painter. Oil on canvas. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/paintings-of-the-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries-overview/m-10437/
- Rights Holder:
- Telfair Museums
- Original Collection:
- Courtesy of Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah.
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/paintings-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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