Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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James Scobie (ca. 1765-?)
Object Number:
1946.293
Date:
ca. 1804
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 5.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
James Scobie, a merchant and ship-owner, was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, and came to America with his brother John. He settled first in Boston but later moved to Marblehead where he married Mary Pedrick (ca. 1769-1804), the daughter of Knott Pedrick, on August 28, 1791. Catherine Tanch (b. 1793), their eldest daughter, was the original owner of this miniature; she bequeathed it to her sister Ann Phippard (b. 1803).
Credit Line:
Purchase
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