Oil on canvas, 1789, unsigned, lined.
24 1/2 x 20 in., 30 1/2 x 26 3/4 in. (frame).
Note: Mrs. Christopher Lowndes (1726-1789), born Elizabeth Tasker, was the daughter of Benjamin Tasker (1690-1768), President of the Council and provincial governor of Maryland. Through her father's side of the family, the Taskers were descendants of the first Lord Baltimore. Elizabeth married Christopher Lowndes (1713-1785) on May 14, 1747.
Exhibited: M. Knoedler & Co., NY, American Portraits, October 9-November 2, 1968, no. 5; M. Knoedler & Co., NY, What is American Art, February 9-March 6, 1971, no. 10, illust. p. 46.
Literature: Charles Coleman Sellers, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Wilson Peale, 1952, pp. 131-132, no. 498.
Condition
Lined. Craquelure with scattered inpainting, some in the face and neck. Surface soiling. Otherwise in good condition.
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Governor Lloyd Lowndes.
Ms. Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes, Cumberland, MD.
Mr. Tasker G. Lowndes, NY.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., NY.
Property of an Important American Collection.