Portrait of a Man identified as Joseph Galloway

Gallery 396, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Portrait of a Man identified as Joseph Galloway

c. 1775

Artist/maker unknown, English

Joseph Galloway was born in Maryland in 1731. After being admitted to the bar, he moved to Philadelphia, where he married Grace Growden and became a prominent lawyer. Loyal to the English crown, Galloway was appointed High Sheriff of Philadelphia during the British occupation in 1777. He fled to London in 1778 with his only daughter, Elizabeth, never to return. Elizabeth married William Roberts, an Englishman, and had one child, Grace Ann.

Gallery 396, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Portrait of a Man identified as Joseph Galloway

Date:

c. 1775

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, English

Medium:

Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions:

1 7/16 x 1 3/16 inches (3.6 x 3 cm)

Classification:

Miniatures

Credit Line:

Purchased with the John D. McIlhenny Fund, 1966

Accession Number:

1966-20-2

Geography:

Made in England, Europe

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Gallery 396, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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