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-; -t.ta Johnson reciVacT latingtinor is no available evidence to show tl are of flowering trees in their nat of them. The late Rev. Dr. Robert whether she was spinster, wife or ural colors, and two of these are fur Art in Province Proves Culture Wilson, in an article published in the widow. Her signatures to her por ther adorned by a butterfly each; 3 "Year Book©1 of the city of Charles traits furnish the correct spelling of flowering trees have twining plants ton for 1899 and republished in his Huguenots, Brought all dated 1708. These nortraits were the year 1722, directly for Carolina; an insect; 5 are of birds with flower paint ?d before the Wragg brothers which Country, tho© inhabited by Eng ing plants; 4 are of flowering plants Portraits With Them Artists in Charles Town by were married. Joseph Wragg married lish above an Age past, and a coun with insects; one is of a solitary plant; in 1717 Judith DuBosc. which was try inferior to none in fertility, and 3 are of flowering trees; one IK of a 1705 First Fully Identified With Colony Was then the spelling of the present name, abounding in variety of the blessings chimney swallow on its nest inside of DuBose- Samuel Wragg married her of nature; yet its productions being a chimney; one is of a flowering plant Henrietta Johnson Catesby, Theus, Gordon, Bern- Ister. Marie DuBosc. and no wife very little known, except what barf with both a bird and an insect; one for William has so far *been found ly related to Commerce, such as Rice, is of two species of birds; 2 are of bridge, Leech and Others Some Adventures in "»> any writ* on the history of the Fitch and Tar; was thought the mast animals and trees and one is of two family. As the portraits wore found species of fishes. Seeking "Lost" Works, proper Place to search and descYibe Although Catesby declared himself in possession of descendants of the the Productions of: accordingly 1 ar- no academic painter, it would be dif A miniature of Isaac Mazyck, one 6 Wragg family, with the family tra riv©d in Carolina 23d of May 1722. . . . BY A. S. SALLEY. dition thai they were wives of Wragg "Upon my arrival at Charles Town. ficult to find a more beautiful and the Huguenot emigrants, was evi men, they are most probably of Ju artistic set of nature paintings. They Frontier settlements are usually dently painted before 1700. The sub I waited on General Nicholson, then so challenged the admiration of many crude. The inhabitants are crude; ject was born in 1661, and the pcr- Governor of that Province, who re of the leading patrons of the arts their habitations are crude; their liv trait is that of a man under 40, and dith and Marie DuBosc and the lady ceived me with much kindness, and and sciences in England in his day ing conditions are crude; wealth is who subsequently married William continued his favours during my stay was probably brought with him. A in that country. . . . that they readily joined in promoting lacking and educational development fine pair of portraits of Jacques Le- Wragg, as Henrietta Johnson died be the publication of the first edition is slow. It is only after wealth ar Serurier and his wife, nee Elizabeth fore either of the Wraggs had been "... The inhabitated Parts of of this great work, rives that culture develops. As a con Leger, who came from Picardy after married long enough to have grown Carolina extend West from the Sea An artist who began painting In sequence, il is usually a long time the Edict of Nantes, are said to have daughters or sons old enough to have about sixty Miles, and almost the Charles Town as early as 1735 was after the beginning of a frontier set been painted by ©Madame Serurier wives. Three portraits are dated 1710. whole length of the coast, being a Benjamin Roberts. In The South- tlement in a new and undeveloped One is of Catherine LeNoble, daugh level, low country. In thes? Parts I herself. A fine portrait of their daugh continued the first Year, searching Carolina Gazette in May of that year country that the fine arts receive ter. Catherine, who married Henry ter of Henrietta LeNoble. a Huguenot he gave "Notice to all Gentlemen and much attention. LeNoble, was by an artist whose refugee to South Carolina about 1690. after, collectmg and describing the others that Portrait and Engraving, Charles Town, and the Low-Coun She subsequently married Robert Animals and Plants. I thyi went to name has not been learned. the Upper uninhabited Parts of the Heraldry and House Painting are un try of South Carolina, constitute a There was a portrait painter in Taylor. Their daughter. Catherine dertaken and performed expeditiously notable exception to the usual rule. Tavlor, married Gabriel Marion, Country, and continued at and abou*. Charles Town in 1705. He or she there Fort Moore, a small Fortress on the in a good manner and at the lowest There were enough well educated, painted a portrait of the governor of brother of Gen. Francis Marion, and rate." The only known example of cultured men and women from the received Belle Isle plantation, St. Ste Banks of the River Savanna. ... In the province, Sir Nathaniel Johnson, these excursions, I employed an In 1^= ©"©^ "" ^^ " © ^^ ^ iw^^^ ^^ landed gentry and merchants of Eng which is marked "Aetatis 61 Aprill i, phen©s parish, as a "marriage portion." his art is an extended painting of the land among the founders of Charles 1705." Governor Johnson was in South The second is of Susanne LeNoble, dian to carry my Box. in which, be water front of Charles Town done in Town and South Carolina to work an Carolina on that date and had been sister of Catherine, who subsequently sides paper and materials for Paint 1739 and dedicated to Governor Glen, excellent leaven in the whole popu here since 1702, He had been com married Alexander Chastaigner, and, ing, I put dry©d Specimens of Plants, after his death. Rene Louis Rave.iel. Seeds. &c. as I gather©d them." Of who had been appointed governor lation, and cultural development came missioned governor in 1702 and had his work he says: the preceding year but had not yet with unusual rapidity. Wealth rapid taken over the office the latter part The third portrait Doctor Wilson rep arrived in South Carolina. Roberts ly developed there. The clever and of March, 1703. and he remained here resents as that of Mrs. Paul Mazyck, "As I was not bred a Painter, I demonstrated thereon his ability to diplomatic English merchants werej until his death in 1712. This portrait, but in that he is evidently mistaken hope some faults in Perspective, and as Catherine Chastaigner, wife of Paul other niceties, may be more readily paint coats of arms, by placing the sending their traders to remote sec with one of Lady Johnson, passed excused: for I humbly conceive that Glen arms between his dedication tions of the South within the next down through successive descendants \ Mazyck. was horn after that date. She and his key to the buildings. This decade, and long before the close of of Governor Johnson until they came was born September 17, 1711, and Plants, and other Things done in a married Paul Mazyck in August, 1729. Flat, if in an exact manner, may serve painting was engraved, and several the 17th century they had reached into possession of the estate of Mr. the Purpose of Natural History bet copies of the engraving survive. Rob westward as (ar as the Mississippi Frank Heyward of Wappaoola plan The subject of this portrait is, there erts was married in Charles Town river and northward as far as the tation. Cooper river, and were sold fore, yet to be identified, as is to be ter in some Measure, than in a more an undated portrait by Henrietta bold and Painter-like Way. In de January 12. 1737-8. to Mary Holton." Ohio. From the Indians the products by his son, Mr. Nathaniel Heyward, signing the Plants, I always did them About 1737 Jeremiah Thejjjj cime of the forests skins, furs, beeswax, to Mr. John Hill Morgan about 15 Johnson of a man. A portrait listed to Charles Town from Switzerland. honey, nuts and other products were by Doctor Wilson as "Mademoiselle while fresh and just gathered; and years ago. Mr. Morgan collected pic the animals, particularly the Birds, About the same time his brothers. obtained and exported to England tures by American artists only and de Lisle" is dated 1711. It probably Simeon and Christian, also arrived and its dependencies. Timber, pitch, was under the impression that the is of one of the daughters of Alex I painted while alive (except a verv ander Thesee Chastaigner, Sieur de few) and gave them their Gestures in South Carolina. Simeon established tar. turpentine, beef, pork, Indian portrait of Lady Johnson was by peculiar to every kind of Birds, and h imself as a merchant at Monck©s corn, peas, rice, indigo and tobacco Henrietta Johnson, who will be dis Lisle, as there was no de Lisle family Corner, and Christian, a minister, were also produced and exported, and cussed later, but. upon finding that in South Carolina. Two portraits are where it could be admitted, I have dated 1715. These are of the Rev. adapted the Birds to those Plants procured a church at the Congarees. Charles Town soon grew to be a Ladv Johnson was never in South on which tbey fed, or lo their colours January 13, 1742, Jeremiah was mar town of great wealth, compactly built, ©Carolina in Henricaa Johnson©s day. EUas Prioleau and his wife, Mrs. ried in St. Philip©s parish, Charles strongly fortified and governed by he oresented the portrait to the South Jeanne Bourgeand Prioleau. A por when out of their Element, I painted trait of Mrs. Daniel Ravenel, nee at different times, having a suc Town, to Catherine Elizabeth Shaum- the customs that obtained in the old Carolina Historical society, in the cession of them procured while the toffel of Orangeburgh township, and English cities. T"ooTn or wnich in Charleston it is Damaris Elizabeth de St. Julien. is from the marriage many well-known Painting is probably the last of the now hanging. Some wag credited Mr. dated 1718. Three portraits on Doctor former lost their colours; I do not Wilson©s list are undated. These are pretend to have had this advantage South Carolinians descend. The writer fine arts to appear in a new settle Morgan with saying that the lady in all, for some kinds 1 saw not is descended from a sister of Mrs. ment. Music makes a natural appeal " was so homely she had better go of Thomas Broughton, lieutenant gov ernor, 1731-1737. his sister, Coniiantia, plenty of. and of others I never Theus. Jeremiah soon became very even to barbarians, and some crude >acfc home to stay." but, upon being saw above one or two. Reptiles will popular as a painter, rapidly accu lorms of- music appear from the be ©old of it, Mr. Morgan denied having wife of John Gibbes. and his daugh ter-in-law. Henrietta Charlotte, wife live many months without sustenance; mulated property and lived comfort ginning and almost all indulge in it n*f>rt that levity. The portrait of Sir so that I had no difficulty in paint- ably. Knowing his situation, it was for pastime, and there is no necessity Nathaniel is now in the Museum of of Nathaniel Broughton and daugh ine them while living." with considerable disgust that I heard for making a business of it. Poetry Fine Arts. Brooklyn. N. Y,, where he ter of Alexander Thesee Chastaigner, From Catesby©s paintings of flow may appear in the springtime as an was credited to Maryland until Miss Sieur de Lisle. ers, shrubs, trees and birds, 200 en recently a supposed "authority" on expression of the natural sentiment : Alice R. Huger Smith, the Charleston In a contribution to The South gravings in colors were made to il early American painters lecturing to of the season. Crude efforts at dra artist, corrected the error a year or Carolina Historical and Genealogical lustrate two volumes, bearing the a radio audience, by way of answer matics may furnish amusement for two ago. In 1686 Sir Nathaniel John Magazine for October, 1925. Miss foregoing title, which were published ing the "quizzes" of a companion, the populace for a considerable period son, who had previously established Mabel L. Webber shows by the will in London in 1731 and 1743. respec state that Theus had had to do house before the professional actor appears, a residence in South Carolina, was of Joseph Brailsford, made May 28, tively, and fol|owed by two later edi painting in order to help out -,vith and it may be a long time before he appointed governor of the Leeward 1759, that he then possessed portraits tions. Each painting reproduced as an his living expenses. He got that from is anything more than * clown. But Islands and in 1689 had been removed of his father, E©dward Brailsford, his engraving in the first volume repre misreading Doctor Wilson©s article no matter how many frontiersmen because he remained loyal to James mother. Mrs. Bridget Brailsford, him sented a bird with a flower, shrub or wherein was quoted the advertise | may produce crude representations of II. who had appointed him. While self and a brother, "all done by the tree, as referred to in the author©s ment of Benjamin Roberts heretofore persons, places or things, there is no Lady Johnson and her young chil late Mrs. Johnston." These he be own account heretofore quoted. The quoted from by me. By some ac prospect of making such pictures pro dren were on their way to England queathed to his son, John. engravings are 131-2 by 10 inches counts of Richard Bohun Baker, pub duce income, and not until the popu- the ship on which she was sailing Two other pastels, most probably and are on separate leaves unpaged lished in The South C-rolina His I lation contains enough men and wom- was captured by a French privateer by Henrietta Johnson, not listed by and interleaved in the volume, There torical and Genealogical Magazine for f en of both culture and wealth to ap and Lady Johnson taken to Franco Doctor Wilson, are of Col. William are 100 of these engravings in Ihe July, 1933, it is shown that Mr. Baktr preciate and pay for paintings will and put in prison, where she became Rhett, who died in 1723. and of Mrs. first volume. had March 15. 1756, paid Theus 30 the professional painter make his or ill and died. Sir Nathaniel returned John Moore, wife of a former secre The second volume contains 120 pounds in full for painting his pic her appearance. to South Carolina soon after, and tary of the province. The latter was colored engravings. The last 20 were ture. Again February 18, 1773. Mr. A comparatively large proportion June 18, 1702, was commissioned as located in New York a few years ago. added in an appendix. Of the 100 in Baker paid Theus 113 pounds, 15 shil of the early settlers of South Caro governor of Carolina. lings, in full for three pictures. lina brought family portraits with The first painter fully identified The burial of "Henrietta Johnston" the volume 31 are of fishes; 6 of crabs is recorded in the register of St. Phil and on five of these are sea plants; 3 By the following extract from a let I them. Particularly was that In* case with South Carolina who did consid- ter from Peter Manigault to his moth I with the French Protestants who refu- able work in the province was Hen ip©s parish March 9, 1728-29. The index are of turtles, one bearing a sea also gives the name Johnston, as does plant; 20 are of snakes, 19 nf which er, dated London, April 15, 1751, it I geed to South Carolina in the dec- rietta Johnson.©In addition to doing will be seen that he paid Allan Ram I ade after the Edict of Nantes in 1685. rrrarently excellent likenesses in pas Joseph Brailsford©s will. The latter are with plants-^the rattlesnake being kes her Mrs. Johnston, but there a painting to itself an alligator is say, the court painter, but 24 guineas i Some of these portraits have survived tel slie rendered great service to nis- painted at the foot of a green shrub; (the TT-Trrnl value of a guinea is J5) ihe destruction of two merciless warn ori.:r.s b.v: signing her portraits "Hen- 8 are of animals set in plan©s; 5 are and the other vicissitudes of time. fjizards and 4 of frogs so displayed; ------i**5 "^.J for a painting, while William Keable, Joseph Brailsford, alreadjL relcrred wouT3 open a school" to teach draw another well-known English painter to as bequeathing four family por ing in all of its branches and minia ZofTany pain*cd Ralph Izard in Lon of that day, received but seven pounds traits to his son, John, bequeathed ture painting. He named 20 pounds don in 1781 and in 1774 Copley paint- for one: to his son. Edward, portraits by Theus as his charge for a miniature of head cH. in Rome, a portrait of Izard and "And now a few Words concerning of himself and his wife, of Land and bust. his brirle. Alice DeLancey. Copley alw my Picture, which comes by this grave Joseph Morton and Mrs. Sarah Mr. Fournier, miniature painter, painted, in Boston, portraits _of Ixml Opportunity. Tis done by cma of the (Wilkinson) Middleton. who had first advertised in The South-Carolina Ga Willmm Cnmpbell, the last Royal.Otur- best Hands .in England, and is ac- married Morton and. after his death, zette of April 4, 1771, that he had rrnor of South Carolina, and three Arthur Middleton. To his son, Joseph, "in a great measure" recovered his members of the Holmes family of counted by all Judges here, not only Charleston. an Exceeding good Likeness, but ajhe bequeathed five other family por- f health and was ready to wait upon Benjamin West painted Mr, and Mrs. very good Piece of Painting: The traits but did not name the artists. | any gentleman or ladies who desired Arthur MkMIcton < the former a signer Drapery is all taken from my own Mr. Charles S. Dwight has a por ftp favor him with their commands. of the Declaration of Independence) Clothes, & the very Flowers in the trait of his ancestress, Christiana In 1772 and 1773 mentions of Henry ;ind their infant son. Henry, (subse lace, upon the Hat, are taken from Broughton, wife of the Rev. Daniel 1 Bcmbridge appear^ in the gazettes in quently Enverricr of South Carolina), a Hat of my own; I desire Mr. Theus Dwight, which is held by his family 1 Charles Town, wnich shows ^hat he in London, in 1771; one of Thomas may see it, as soon as is convenient to be by Theus. J was a I work there. One reference is MidHIr-t,>ij, brother of Arthur, about after it arrives. I was advised to A portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth (Poin- to Mrs. Bembridge as "a very in the same time, and one of Ralph have it drawn by one Keble, taat sett) Richardson, wife of Edward genious Miniature Paintress," He wag I/a rd. drew Tom Smith, & several others Richardson, to whom she was mar born in Philadelphia about 1?50 ana Another portrait of a South Caro- that went over to Carolina, but upon ried October 31, 1742, bears strong studied in Rome under Pompeio Bat- linian. also a signer of the Declara- seeing his Paintings, I found that evidence of being a Theus. It is owned toni and received instruction from t ion of Independence, is that of though his Likenesses, (which is the by Mrs. E. J. Brennen, Jr.. nee Meng, He married a Miss Sage * Thomas Lynch, Jr. It WHS painted easiest Part in doing a Picture,) were D©Arcey Duncan, of Columbia. Philadelphia. In a letter written in while Lynch wns at school in Eng- some of them very good, yet his An exhaustive research would Philadelphia November 24, 1773, Dr. liind betwrcn 1764 and 1772. The writer Paint seemed to be laid on with a without doubt run the list of Theus John Morgan said: "In * visit I lately Incated this portrait, lhrough a cata Trowel, and looked more like Plas pictures far beyond a hundred. made to Charles Town, South Caro log, in a seuond-hfcnd book store in tering than Painting, you may guess In 1742 T. Mcllish also painted the lina. I saw Mr. Bembridge, who is London in October, 192fi, and gave Mr. at the Difference between Ramsay, water front of Charles Town, but a settled very advantageously there, and Charles F. Jenkiiw of Philadelphia & Keble Painting, by the Diffeience comparison thereof with the work prosecutes his Profession with Repu the* opportunity of procuring it. He of their Prices, What Ramsay de- of Benjamin Roberts shows that he tation and success." cabled for it and got it, and. learned [mands Four & Twenty Guineas for, made use of that picture. An engrav The South-Carolina and American afterwards that ten other American T other humbly hopes, you©ll allow ing was made from the painting. General Gazette of Monday, Decem collectors had cabled for it also, but© him Seven. As Theus will have an In 1741 there arrived in Charles ber 28, 1772, announced: "A Lady that his cablegram hud arrived ftrst. Opportunity of seeing both, I©ll be Town to begin his duties as secretary arrived here a few days ago who He paid" 1,350 pounds for it, or about) extremely obliged to you, If you©ll of his majesty©s council for South is a Nioce of "her Majesty©s Portrait SI5.750. . © . . let me know his Judgment; You©d also Carolina a man already world famed Painter, the celebrated Miss Reid, and tell me if you think any Part of as an antiquarian, historian, musician, was by her instructed in the Art of it too gay, the Ruffles are done poet and painter, Alexander Gordon. painting Portraits in Crayons, which charmingly, and exactly like the Notwithstanding his many achieve we are informed, she intends follow Ruffles I had on when I was drawn, ments and great reputation in his ing here." you see my Taste in Dress by the Pic day and the lengthy sketches of him The South-Carolina Gazette emoted ture, for every thing there, is what in the encyclopedias, the one insig the item and added: "But that Paper 11 have had the Pleasure of wearing nificant incident that contributes most does not favour us with her name I often. Mr. Corbett writ = fully to to keep his memory alive is Sir Wal or make it known that she is a Scotch I my Father about the Picture. & ter Scott©s mention of him and his Lady, and related to the Hon. His I therefore I will not trouble you wilh Itmerarium Septentrional? in the Majesty©s Supeintendant &c. of In I any more." opening chapter of "The Antiquary." dian Affairs for this District." After Doctor Wilson lis©s 17 Theus por Financially he had been a failure that we are still uninformed as to traits, which is undoubtedly but a until he came to South Carolina. Here the female artist©s name. John Stuart fraction of the number of portraits he acquired property and left it to was the superintendent of Indian af he painted. These were of Gabriel his son and daughter. His will shows fairs at the time. Manigault, Mrs. Gabriel Manigault, that he had done much painting in The South-Carolina Gazette for nee Ann Ashby: Mrs. Peter Mani South Carolina. To his friend. Hon. December 12, 1774. announced that a gault. nee Elizabeth Wragg; Peter Hector Beranger de Beaufain, of the drawing and painting academy that Porcher (this is owned by Mrs, Elias council, whom he terms "dear friend," had formerly advertised it would do Cain of Columbia). Mrs. Thomas he left "his Picture, Portraiture and so had been opened November 23 by Lynch, nee Elizabeth Allston; Col. Effegie by me, the said Testator. John and Hamilton Stevenson, limners, Daniel Heyward, Mrs. Daniel Hey- painted, drawn and represented," who purposed to teach the principles ward, nee Jane Elizabeth Gignilliat Voluble though the artist doubtless and practice of "this beautiful aK" (these two are owned by former Gov was, it is evident that the lawyer in all its various branches after the ernor D. C. Heyward of Columbia); who drew the will was responsible manner they are taught in the Roman Miss Betsy Smith. Jtichard Waring. for the unnecessary verbosity. A simi schools; that is, portraits, landscapes, j Mrs. Richard Waring, nee Ann Ball; lar bequest was made to the Rev. flowers, birds, figures and drawings | John Sandford Dart, Mrs. John Sand- Henry Hey wood, a scholarly Baptist from the bust and statues, "in a stile ford Dart, nee Martha Motte; Mrs. minister in Charles Town. To his never before taught in this Province; I John Dart, nee Henrietta Somers; son, Alexander, he left "my own Pic Painting from the Life in Crayons ! Nathaniel Broughton. Mrs. Henry ture, together with all my sundry and in Miniature on Ivory." lizard, nee Charlotte Broughton; Mrs. nther Pictures, Paintings Views and In the supplement to The South Robert Heriot, nee Mary Ouldfield; Representations by me painted, drawn Carolina Gazette for October 31, 1774, I James Kinloch. Francis Kinloch, Ste- and represented." What these paint proposals were invited for publish i phen Mazyck of Woodboo, Mrs. Ste ings were we are uninformed. There phen Mazyck, nee Susanne Ravenel; is a well executed pastel by Richard ing by subscription a view of Chm-U-s Benjamin Smith. Mrs. Benjamin son in the British museum which is Town "taken with the grnni«sl tiL"jit- Smith, Anne Lou^hton ithese two are labeled "Gordon, translator of Tacitus rary and care hy Mr. Lm:h. who is in the Gibbes Art gallery, Charles and Secretary to Governor Glen of now employed abtuil painting a finish ton); Daniel Ravenel, Mrs. Daniel South Carolina." It was Thomas Gor ed picture from the chewing* H trendy Ravenel, nee Sarah St. Julien; Mrs. don who translated Tacitus, and when made by him.© 1 It was described as Daniel Ravenel (second wife), nee the writer called that fact to the at "So exact a portrait of the town, as it Charlotte Mazyck; Mrs. Thomas tention of an officer of the museum : appears from the wafer, thai every Cordes, nee Anne Ravenel; Thomas that officer was unable to determine house in View Will be distinctly known; Lee. Samuel Prioleau (second), Mrs. which of the Gordons he had a por and that nothing might he* wanting Samuel Prioleau, nee Providence trait of. Could we find the portrait , 1o render il most complete, Ihe two Hext; Samuel Prioleau (third). Mrs. of Alexander, which he bequeathed , greatest artists in the world Mr, Samuel Prioleau. nee Catherine to his son, Alexander, we could cor © Woollett and Mr. Smith havi- been en Cordes. Thomas Grimball, Mrs. rect the error on the painting at the gaged to undertake to engrave it." The Thomas Grimball, nee Magdalen Prio British museum. engraving was made and is a favorite leau; Dr. James Skirving, Mrs. James Doctor Wilson, Miss Mabel Webber i item for illustrating even today. Skirving. and the writer have all from time to i Jnhn Grafton advertised in The Theus portraits not listed by Doc time culled items from the files of 1 South Carolina Gazette; and Country tor Wilson are of: the three gazettes that were pub Journal of December 27. 1774, that he Thomas Heyward, Jr.. subsequently lished in Charles Town prior to the wntild paint portraits. He represented a signer of the Declaration of In Revolution. A composite list follows: hirn.^lf as a pupil of Sir Joshua Rey- dependence. A copy of this portrait, "Warwell, Sr.." advertises Decem nnlrls, and while we have nothing to I by Charles Fraser, now hangs in In ber 15, 1766, that he paints altar- ©show that he painted any portraits in dependence Hall. The original is pieces, landscapes, sea pieces, scenery, I Charles Town there is a tradition in owned by Dr, John Howkins of Sa coaches, windows and coach blinds, 1 the fladstk©n family that a portrait vannah. A half-tone of it is pub deceptive triumphal arches, ruins, 1 of Christopher Oadsden that is now lished in Bulletin No. 9 of the His obelisks, statues, etc.. for groves and, owned by a descendant in Suinter was torical Commission, by the writer. gardens, and carefully aleans pictures; painted by Sir Joshua, himself. An The Rev. Johann Martin Bolzius, and mends gilding. The South-Caro other Reynolds, painted about 1774, is minister of the Salzburg colony of lina Gazette for June 9, 1767, an of Miles Brew©tnn, the wealthy Charles Georgia, painted in 1754. From it a nounced; Town merchant who built the beauti mezzotint engraving was made by "Died, on the 29th May. Mr. War- ful house on King street, Another por John Jacob Haid. well, Sr., a noted Limner." trait by Allan Ramsay was of John Four members of the family of In the South-Carolina Gazette of Dc©os. painted in 1754. Richard Bohun Baker, already re- March 30, 1767. Lewis Turtaz, limner and miniature painter, from Lausanne, Switzerland, gave notice that he