att. Cephas Thompson (1775 oil...

cephas thompson returns carolina 1775 successful painter south receives virginia prolific work portraits 1775-1856 information portrait itinerant family young supported affluent farmers working commissions 1804 trip julia 1807 resemblance county half-length advertises boston sixty-five descent charleston baltimore six-month canvas lined unsigned presented period white woman dark hair relates stylistically thompson's paintings completed self-taught artist middleboro life born spent great deal winters warmer reception second encouraged commissioned prominent families 1807-1812 alexandria richmond norfolk averaging journal southern decorative arts mesda summer 1997 volume henry halifax pine circa home 1800 lack paint striking xxiii frame 27.25 23.25 32.5 1810-1812 maintained despite likenesses season favorable deborah sisum number