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Grout, A. J.,
Portrait female -- Beckwith, George H., Mrs. (Harriet Lampkin Murchison)
Occupation -- Education
Painting
Harriet Murchison Beckwith (1855-1927), (painting).
Artist:
Grout, A. J., painter.
Title:
Harriet Murchison Beckwith (1855-1927), (painting).
Other Titles:
Mrs. George H. Beckwith (Harriet Lampkin) (1855-1927), (painting).
Dates:
1902.
Medium:
Pastel on paper.
Dimensions:
23 x 18 in.
Inscription:
signed
Subject:
Portrait female -- Beckwith, George H., Mrs. (Harriet Lampkin Murchison) -- Bust
Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Jennings-Brown House, 123 South Marlboro Street, Bennettsville, South Carolina 29512
Remarks:
Harriet Lampkin went to Bennettsville, South Carolina as a music teacher. There she married John D. Murchison, first mayor of Bennettsville. She later gave the Murchison School Building to the city in memory of her husband. She then moved to New York where she married George H. Beckwith. She dealt in real estate in the Adirondack Mountains.
References:
National Society of Colonial Dames, South Carolina, 1991.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 29.
Illustration:
Image on file.
"South Carolina Portraits: A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina," Columbia, SC: National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, 1996, pg. 29.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 73440747
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