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Susan Poinsett
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Edward Greene Malbone painted Elisha Poinsett’s daughter, Susan (1782-1804), and other members of the Charleston family in 1801 and 1802. Susan was then recuperating from a lengthy illness, but her recovery was brief and she died two years later.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSusan Poinsett. ca. 1801-1802. Edward Greene Malbone, born Newport, RI 1777-died Savannah, GA 1807. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer. CC0.
