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Mrs. Joseph Manigault (Charlotte Drayton)
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About this work
This miniature of Charlotte Drayton (1781-1855) remained in the Manigault family of Charleston, South Carolina, along with a miniature of her husband, which Edward Malbone painted the following year. Joseph Manigault was a plantation owner, a member of the South Carolina legislature, and a trustee of the College of Charleston.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMrs. Joseph Manigault (Charlotte Drayton). ca. 1801. Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Pearl G. Manigault. CC0.
