Mrs. Barnard Elliott, Jr. (mary Elizabeth Bellinger Elliott) — Jeremiah Theus

Mrs. Barnard Elliott, Jr. (Mary Elizabeth Bellinger Elliott)


Jeremiah Theus (1716 - 1774)

Jeremiah Theus (1716-1774) was a Swiss-born American portrait painter active in Charleston, SC. Known for bust-length portraits of colonial society & skillful adaptation of English styles. A key figure in early American art.

Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, United States of America)

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Colonel Elliott and his first wife, also his first cousin, were married in 1766, the probable date for their portraits. Described in her obituary as