Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 1781
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 62v
Additional Source Text:
"19 inches high & 15 inch broad. Holding in his hands a small cross and an apple. The virgin reading in a book and a candle burning on the table. Copied from an oil painting done in Italy belonging to Wm Bingham, Esq. of this city."
Notes:
On list of "Paintings and Drawings done."
William Bingham (1752-1804) by this time was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant active in the American Revolution; he later became a U.S. Senator.
