Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
c. 1800-1810
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Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
NPG.72.63
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Art Historical Context
This portrait print depicts Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a distinguished South Carolina statesman, lawyer, and military figure whose career spanned the Revolutionary War and the early years of the republic. As a general, he endured as a prisoner of war later he served as a diplomat and minister to France, signed the U.S. Constitution, and ran as the Federalist candidate for president in 1804 and 1808. The epaulet visible in the image underscores his military service and leadership. Engraver Cornelius Tiebout produced this work around 1800–1810, employing the reproductive power of printmaking ...