Figure 10. Francis Nicholson?, c. 1710

Figure 10. Portrait thought to be of Francis Nicholson, c. 1710. Maryland State Archives SC 1621-590.

Portrait:

This portrait is thought to be of Francis Nicholson and painted c. 1710. The provenance is perhaps South Carolina, Nicholson's last gubernatorial appointment. The portrait is now lost, but the image used here is aphotograph probably provided by the dealer in 1940, when the painting was offered to the Rockefellers as they were restoring Colonial Williamsburg. The search to authenticate the portrait continues, with documentation to date maintained in the reference files of the Maryland State Archives, Commission on Artistic Property. I am grateful for the assistance of Sally Hanan and Elmer Jackson in obtaining this photograph.

The version for printing is FIG10.tif Resolution: 300 dpi.

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