Dr. Francis Kinloch Huger

Charles Fraser

1825 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing

Francis Kinloch Huger (1773-1855) was a surgeon in Charleston. On the occasion of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Charleston in 1825, the city commissioned this miniature and gold frame as a gift to Lafayette in commemoration of his friendship with Huger. For eight months in 1794-95, Huger had been imprisoned for his role in trying to free Lafayette from the Austrian fortress of Olmütz.

Artist

Charles Fraser

Date

1825

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938