JEREMIAH THEUS (South Carolina, 1716-1774). PORTRAIT OF LADY OF QUALITY, circa 1770. Oil on canvas
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- Framed, 30 in. x 25 in.', in frame 34 in. x 24 in. Estimate $70,000-110,000
Portrait of a young woman of almost certainly one of the more prominent plantation and merchant families of South Carolina.
Provenance: The Belcher-Ogden Museum in Elizabeth, New Jersey (deaccession). Lot 4122 Kaminski Auctioneers & Appraisers, Beverly, Massachusetts sale on August 12, 2008, which stated "LOT 4122 American School portrait of woman, o/c, deaccessioned from Belcher-Ogden Museum in Elizabeth, New Jersey."