Jeremiah Godwin
ArtistAttributed to
Felix Thomas Sharples
(American, 1786-1844)
CultureAmerican
Date1809
MediumChalk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
InscribedInformation from the back of this pastel's backing paper: "He was the father of Harriott Godwin who was married to Dr. Thomas Wood Borland, the Great Grandfather of Thomas Roscius Borland. This pastel was done by James Sharples at Small Hopes Plantation, Nansemond County, VA in 1809. The father of the subject of this portrait was named Jeramiah also. He was the son of Thomas Godwin and Mary his wife. He was born November 22, 1727 in the said county. Thomas Roscius Borland was his Great Grandson. Thomas Godwin, the father of the above named, was also named Thomas and was speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1678. He was the Great, Great, Great, Great grandfather of Armistead, Ramsay, and Charles B. Borland and Carrie Borland Burroughs."
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number64.34.1
Not on view
DescriptionPastel chalk on paper drawing of Jeremiah Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin and Mary Holladay, who was born in Nansemond Co., VA, on February 17, 1766. In a simple 1.5" gold frame.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published ReferencesFillmore Norfleet, _Suffolk in Virginia, c. 1795-1840: A Record of Lots, Lives, and Likenesses_ (Norfleet, 1974). Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 50.
