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Author
Henry Benbridge  (1743–1812)  wikidata:Q5718019
 
Henry Benbridge
Alternative names
Henry Bembridge; Benbridge
Description American portrait painter
Date of birth/death October 1743 Edit this at Wikidata 1812 / February 1812 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Philadelphia Philadelphia
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Charleston Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5718019
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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William Boswell Lamb and Family, oil on canvas, attributed to Henry Benbridge. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Note: One of just two known surviving works by Henry Benbridge during his Norfolk, Virginia, period, this portrait depicts William Boswell Lamb (1774-1852), his wife, Margaret Stuart Kerr (1777-1844), and their son, William Wilson Lamb (1803-1874). William B. Lamb was a Norfolk merchant who served as an alderman and later mayor in 1810, 1812, 1814, 1816, and 1823. In 1815, he was elected president of the Virginia Bank. Lamb married Margaret Stuart Kerr, the daughter of Scottish-born merchant Samuel Kerr. Both their son, William Wilson Lamb, and their grandson, Colonel William Lamb, also served as mayors of Norfolk.
Date between 1800 and 1802
date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1802-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer https://mesda.org/item/collections/william-boswell-lamb-and-family/1464/

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