Thursday, March 28, 2019

Elizabeth Calvert



This 1761 portrait of Elizabeth Calvert by John Hesselius hangs in the Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore Maryland. Elizabeth Calvert (b.1753) was the twin sister of Elanor Calvert.
The subject has dark brown eyes and hair dressed with a bow of ivory colored ribbon. Deep ivory colored satin dress trimmed with white lace. Warm green trees, blue sky and grey clouds. -- Frick Photoarchives
The Frick photoarchives gives this genealogical biography of Elizabeth Calvert.
Elizabeth Calvert (b.1753) was the, daughter of Benedict Calvert, formerly called Benedict Swingate (1724-1788) and his wife, Elizabeth Calvert (1730­-1798) , who was the daughter of Captain Charles Calvert (1688-1733) and Rebecca Gerrard (c.1700-1735). Benedict Calvert of “Mount Airy,” Prince George's County, Maryland, was the natural son of Charles Calvert (1699-1751), Fifth Lord Baltimore, by an unknown mother, possibly a member of the  Razzolini family. Benedict Calvert had considerable wealth and held various public offices. Elizabeth Calvert was apparently the twin of Eleanor Calvert (Mrs. John Parke Custis) (l753-1811). Elizabeth Calvert married, June 15, 1780, Charles Steuart (1748 or 1750-November 18, 1798,1802 or 1822) of Anne Arundel County, the son of Dr. George Steuart (Stewart) (1695-1779), a prominent resident of "Dodon.” South River, Anne Arundel County, and his wife, Ann Digges . Dr. Steuart was a Scotsman who settled in Annapolis about 1730, in whose charge Charles, the fifth Lord Baltimore, placed his son Benedict Swingate (later Calvert) when he was sent to Maryland. Elizabeth Calvert and her husband, Charles Steuart, left issue. -- Frick Photoarchives
Elizabeth Calvert Æ 8
John Heʃselius Pinx.  Maryland
1761
This Ira Martin photo, from the Frick photoarchives, shows the painting before its 1926 restoration by Hammond Smith.

Hesselius's 1761 portraits of Elizabeth Calvert and her twin sister Eleanor flank a door in the Batimore Museum of Art.

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