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Jeremiah Theus
(April 5, 1716 - May 17, 1774) was a Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits. He was active mainly around Charleston, South Carolina, in which city he remained almost without competition for the bulk of his career.
Theus was born in the city of Chur, in the Swiss canton of Graubenden, and was the eldest child of Simeon and Anna Walser Thees. He was nineteen when he immigrated with his family to the Province of South Carolina, whose General Assembly had provided land grants and transport funds to encourage European Protestants to settle in the colony. Simeon Thes was given 250 acres (1.0 km2) of land along the Edisto River in what was then Orangeburgh Township,
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Painting ID:: 70908
Elizabeth Rothmahler
ca. 1757(1757)
Oil on canvas
75.8 x 63.4 cm (29.84 x 24.96 in)
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Painting ID:: 72310
Mrs. Thomas Lynch (Elizabeth Allston Lynch), by Swiss-American painter Jeremiah Theus.
Mrs. Thomas Lynch (Elizabeth Allston Lynch), by Swiss-American painter Jeremiah Theus. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Reynolda House Museum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Painting ID:: 72312
Portrait of Suzanna Moore Smyth
"Portrait of Suzanna Moore Smyth," oil on canvas, by Swiss-American artist Jeremiah Theus. Courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
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Painting ID:: 72629
Gabriel Manigault
"Gabriel Manigault," oil on canvas portrait of Gabriel Manigault of Charleston, South Carolina, by the Swiss-American artist Jeremiah Theus..
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Painting ID:: 72630
Mrs. John Dart
"Mrs. John Dart," oil on canvas portrait by the Swiss-American artist Jeremiah Theus. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Jeremiah Theus
(April 5, 1716 - May 17, 1774) was a Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits. He was active mainly around Charleston, South Carolina, in which city he remained almost without competition for the bulk of his career.
Theus was born in the city of Chur, in the Swiss canton of Graubenden, and was the eldest child of Simeon and Anna Walser Thees. He was nineteen when he immigrated with his family to the Province of South Carolina, whose General Assembly had provided land grants and transport funds to encourage European Protestants to settle in the colony. Simeon Thes was given 250 acres (1.0 km2) of land along the Edisto River in what was then Orangeburgh Township,
. Related Artists to Jeremiah Theus: | Girolamo da Carpi | William Aiken Walker | Marcel Couchaux | Scarsellino | Bonnard, Pierre |
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