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Portrait of George Washington
Description:
Bust size, portrait of George Washington facing left, black coat, white neckcloth and lace jabot, plain neutral background. Gilt frame with oval spandrel insert. Conservation report and correspondence with conservator in file.
Date:
prob. early 19th C.
Item type:
portrait
Portues, James
Description:
James was a master buider who came to Philadelphia in the service of William Wade, yeoman of the parish of Hankton, Sussex, who died on board onWelcomebound for Pennsylvania in 1682. Under the terms of Wade's will, Porteus (the name is variously…
Member number:
2*
Birth date:
1/1/1670
Potter, James
Description:
James Potter was a master builder from the Southwark section of the city elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of extant Company records of the 1760s; he is first recorded as present at a meeting in 1769. He was an "encourager" to the…
Member number:
45*
Powel, Samuel
Description:
The master builder Samuel Powel has commonly been mistaken for the wealthy and socially prominent Mayor of Philadelphia, Samuel Powel (1738-1793), grandson of Samuel Powell. The date of this Powel's election to The Carpenters' Company is unknown; he…
Member number:
68*
Powell, Samuel
Description:
Samuel Powell came to Philadelphia as a child in 1685 and was probably apprenticed to his uncle John Parsons, carpenter from Somersetshire. Powell's marriage in 1700/1 to the prosperous orphan Abigail Wilcox was witnessed by William Penn, Edward…
Member number:
3*
Birth date:
1/11673