Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 30, 1807
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 22
Additional Source Text:
"She executed this, for William Hamilton Esqr. by holding the Pencils in her mouth."
Notes:
See Anne Digan Lanning, "Sally Rogers: The Celebrated Paintess," Historic Deerfield Magazine, Summer 2012 / https://static1.squarespace.com/static/595e3b72099c01fedbac5c15/t/59b2c…
William Hamilton (1745–1813), owner of the Woodlands mansion on the west bank of the Schuylkill River outside Philadelphia, was a noted botanist whose greenhouse included more than 10,000 species of plants, including the first specimens introduced into America of several species as well as plants grown from seeds harvested during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
