Painting and Sculpture

Captain John Purves and His Wife

Captain John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Anne Pritchard, is an oil-on-canvas portrait created by American painter Henry Benbridge (1743–1812). It was painted in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1775 (possibly as late as 1777). A bequest from Henry Francis du Pont, the painting is held in the permanent collection of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.

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• ▸Catania and Mount Etna
• ▸Frederick de Houtman
• ▸Philip Evergood

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