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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
James Earl, 1 May 1761 - 16 Aug 1796
Sitter
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 25 Feb 1746 - 25 Aug 1825
Date
1796
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.2cm x 56.2cm (26 1/16" x 22 1/8")
Topic
Costume\Dress Accessory\Epaulet
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Male
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War Army officer
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\Diplomat
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\US Congressman\South Carolina
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\Governor\South Carolina
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\Statesman\Signer of Constitution
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Politics and Government\State Senator\South Carolina
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Military and Intelligence\Prisoner of War
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Harriet J. Phelps
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.92.122
Provenance
John Chesnut, Mulberry Plantation, 1796. Purchased by Donald Jackson, 1924; his daughter Harriet S. Phelps, Camden, S.C.; gift NPG 1992
