Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 19, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 28
Notes:
Steatite is also known as talc, or soapstone.
Talbot Hamilton (d. 1820), a former officer of the Royal Navy, operated a school for mathematics and navigation (of which Stephen Decatur was once a pupil) in Lower Dublin, near Philadelphia. He was also a collector of art who traveled to Italy, died there, and bequeathed several paintings to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. (Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 2 Aug 1820)
