Mrs. Jacob Motte (Rebecca Brewton)
Jeremiah Theus
ca. 1758 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing
The sitter is Rebecca Brewton (1737 -1816), the honorable Jacob Mottes, second wife, who he married in 1758. Theus also painted Jacob Motte Jr. in miniature (date and location unknown). Until now, the traditional identification of the sitter had been Elizabeth Martin (1710-1757), Motte's first wife.
- Artist
- Jeremiah Theus
- Date
- ca. 1758
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, Bequest of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, by exchange, 1997
