Collection Highlights
Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
1824
1940.202
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William R. Symons (?)
Title
William R. Symons (?)
Date
ca. 1830-35
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6 x 4.8 cm )
Credit Line
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Object Number
1957.65
Marks
inscription: at right: "Vandyck pinxt"
Gallery Label
The subject is believed to be William R. Symons of Savannah, Georgia, who married Sarah Ann Burr (d. 1814) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the 1830s. This miniature descended to their only son, Frederick W. Symons, and remained in the family until acquired by the Society in 1957 from Mrs. Lillian Sturtevant Pingry, the subject's great-granddaughter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
