Porträt der Mrs. Thomas Lynch (Elizabeth Allston Lynch)

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Artist: Jeremiah Theus
Date: 1755
Location: Reynolda House Museum of American Art

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Jeremiah Theus

Jeremiah Theus was a Swiss-born portrait painter who dominated the art scene in Charleston, South Carolina, for decades.

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