FRIDAY, APRIL 10
11:30am - 12:30pm
The Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
For generations the museum’s collection of miniatures has been an important part of the preservation of Huguenot history in Charleston and the United States. This exhibit features miniatures of notable Huguenots and descendants in colonial Charleston hosted by a museum curator. Joining the program will be Renée Marshall of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina who will provide insight into the people and families represented in miniatures. On display will be miniatures that are not part of the permanent installation - don’t miss this opportunity to study a rarely displayed portion of our shared history.
IMAGE: “Peter Bounetheau was the son of John Bounetheau, who fled to Charleston in 1685 from La Rochelle, France, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Peter served as justice of the peace in Charleston in 1776 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ancient Battalion of Artillery. He was appointed postmaster of Charleston by Benjamin Franklin in May 1777. In 1780 he was taken prisoner on the "Torbay." The year of his death he was elected mayor of Charleston.” The Gibbes Museum of Art
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
11:30am - 12:30pm
The Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
For generations the museum’s collection of miniatures has been an important part of the preservation of Huguenot history in Charleston and the United States. This exhibit features miniatures of notable Huguenots and descendants in colonial Charleston hosted by a museum curator. Joining the program will be Renée Marshall of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina who will provide insight into the people and families represented in miniatures. On display will be miniatures that are not part of the permanent installation - don’t miss this opportunity to study a rarely displayed portion of our shared history.
IMAGE: “Peter Bounetheau was the son of John Bounetheau, who fled to Charleston in 1685 from La Rochelle, France, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Peter served as justice of the peace in Charleston in 1776 and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Ancient Battalion of Artillery. He was appointed postmaster of Charleston by Benjamin Franklin in May 1777. In 1780 he was taken prisoner on the "Torbay." The year of his death he was elected mayor of Charleston.” The Gibbes Museum of Art
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