Southern school (19th century) PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH MATTHEWS
watercolor, framed, unsigned
H9 1/2" W7 3/4"

Provenance : Verso inscribed:
Captain Joseph Matthews
Born: Liverpool, England 15 Feb. 1802
Died: Columbia, So. Car. 22 June 1856
Married: Margaret Jane Campbell (1818-1865)
US Army Captain and Superintendent of the Arsenal Academy Columbia, South Carolina (1845-1856)
(as well as the lineage of the family and the manner it was descended in the family)