Portrait of Floride Bonneau Colhoun (later Calhoun) (Mrs. John Ewing Colhoun)
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Portrait of Floride Bonneau Colhoun (later Calhoun) (Mrs. John Ewing Colhoun)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Joseph D. Salazar
Unidentified Artist
Date
ca. 1786
Medium
Oil on canvas
Accession #
56.107
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
This portrait likely was painted to commemorate Floride Bonneau’s marriage to U.S. Senator and South Carolina slave owner John Ewing Colhoun. Typical of many portraits made in regions beyond the reach of an established artist’s studio, Bonneau was painted by a self-taught itinerant artist. The artist emphasized individual, rather than idealized, characteristics. Bonneau, described as a “bushy-headed and keen-eyed lady with a mop of red hair,” would later become mother-in-law to the Southern secessionist John C. Calhoun.