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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Moore, Joseph Thoits,     Portrait group -- Family     Portrait female -- Manton, Walter, Mrs. (Mary Elizabeth Whitman)     Portrait female -- Manton, Walter, Mrs. (Mary Elizabeth Whitman)     Portrait male -- Whitman, George William     Portrait male -- Whitman, George William     Architecture interior -- Domestic     Animal -- Cat     Object -- Toy     Painting

The Whitman Children of Montogmery, Alabama, (painting). Artist:  Moore, Joseph Thoits, 1796-1854, painter. Title:  The Whitman Children of Montogmery, Alabama, (painting). Dates:  September 1833. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  47 x 38 1/2 in. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait female -- Manton, Walter, Mrs. (Mary Elizabeth Whitman) -- Child Portrait female -- Manton, Walter, Mrs. (Mary Elizabeth Whitman) -- Full length Portrait male -- Whitman, George William -- Child Portrait male -- Whitman, George William -- Full length Architecture interior -- Domestic -- House Animal -- Cat Object -- Toy -- Rattle Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Restricted Owner, Birmingham, Alabama Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Brame, family of, Montgomery, Alabama Remarks:  This double portrait depicts the two oldest children of Harriet Pattillo Brame (died 1852 in Covington, Louisiana) and George Whitman. The children are George William Whitman born 1831/1832 and Mary Elizabeth Whitman, born May 24,1833, died in Rhode Island, 1895, where she was married to Walter Manton. (A 3rd Whitman infant, Montgomery Angell Whitman 1834-1835, is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, AL.) Miss Harriet Brame and George Whitman, a merchant of Montgomery, Alabama, were married by Hon. N. E. Benson on December 16, 1830. The artist recorded painting this portrait in his notebook in September of 1833. There is a pianoforte in the background, and the little girl holds a silver and coral rattle. The immediate Whitman family moved from Montgomery to Louisiana during the financial panic of 1837. References:  Nelson, David, 2022. 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 9D640534   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 9D640534 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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