36. Charles Pinckney, Emmet 9514, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” He also painted a portrait for Independence Hall. They are alike. In the Emmet correspondence the following information, furnished to Dr. Emmet, is found: “Chas. Pinckney—Mr. Henry L. Pinckney of Stateburg [S. C.] has a picture of Gov. Pinckney.” The owner of this portrait was a grandson of the subject. On January 12, 1885, P. G. De Saussure wrote to Emmet: “Half an hour ago I received from the Photographer two of the Pictures [one being] Charles Pinckney copied from a portrait owned by Mr. L. Pinckney—who lives in Stateburg, S. C.” The owner had put the portrait at Dr. Emmet’s disposal, in a letter of December 4, 1884, in which he gave its dimensions as “about 3 ft. nearly square,” and added, “it is very precious to me.”

37. Pierce Butler, Emmet 9516, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” He also painted a portrait for Independence Hall. They are dissimilar and dubious. Three letters in the Emmet correspondence refer to the Butler portraiture. On January 31, 1887, Mrs. Sarah B. Wister, of Philadelphia, wrote to Dr. Emmet: “I enclose photograph copies of two miniatures of Maj. Butler wh. Mr. Louis Butler

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38. William Few, Emmet 9518, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” He also painted a portrait “after John Ramage,” for Independence Hall. They are identical.

39. Abraham Baldwin, Emmet 9520, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888.” There is also a painting “after Fulton” in Independence Hall. They are of the same type but not exactly alike, yet likely from the same original. The variations may be just artist’s vagaries. There is no information in the Emmet correspondence.

40. William Jackson, Secretary, Emmet 9436, inscribed “Etched by Albert Rosenthal Phila. 1888 after Painting by J. Trumbull.” Rosenthal also painted a copy after Trumbull for Independence Hall. They are identical.


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