Sarah Miriam Peale (1800-1885) Portrait of William Bond Martin, Jr. (1802-1828) of Baltimore, Maryland, dated "1824"

Signed and dated, "Sarah M. Peale 1824," l.r., framed; together with an engraved bookplate for William Bond Martin with family crest, matted and framed, inscribed verso "Mrs. Louis M. Rawlins/ Apt. C, 3800 Canterbury Road," and a framed oval photograph of a portrait of a gentleman (possibly Samuel J. Carr), signed, "Bachrach," l.r.

29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (portrait, sight), 4 in. x 2 3.4 in. (bookplate, sight), 6 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (photo, sight)

Literature

Callcott, George H., A History of the University of Maryland (Maryland Historical Society: 1966), pgs. 120-121.

Note

William Bond Martin, Jr., son of Judge William Martin Bond, Sr. (c. 1769-1835) and Susan Martin (1776-1809), was a student at the University of Maryland. Martin, Jr. was killed in a duel by his classmate and friend Samuel J. Carr of South Carolina on February 2, 1828, over a shared love interest, Miss Mary Polk. Following William's death, Samuel eluded prosecution and punishment by the University, marrying Mary and swiftly moving with her to Louisiana for a five year period.

Provenance

Possibly from the collection of Mrs. John Avirett, Baltimore, Maryland, 1965

C.G. Sloan & Co., Inc. Auctioneers, North Bethesda, Maryland, February 7, 1982, lot 337

Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1991

Private Collection, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Exhibition History

This portrait may correspond to the work titled "Bond Martin," included in the Baltimore Peale Museum's exhibition The Peale Family and Peale's Baltimore Museum, 1814-1830 in 1965.