William Moultrie
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Army", "Moultrie, William", "Peale, Charles Willson"], "onPhysicalExhibit": ["Yes"], "topic": ["Government", "Military and Intelligence", "Revolutionary War Army officer", "Men", "Portraits", "Politics", "Governors", "Officer"], "place": ["South Carolina"], "online_media_type": ["Images"]}, "freetext": {"setName": [{"label": "See more items in", "content": "National Portrait Gallery Collection"}, {"label": "Exhibition", "content": "2022 Rehang of Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900"}, {"label": "On View", "content": "NPG, East Gallery 142"}], "date": [{"label": "Date", "content": "1782"}], "identifier": [{"label": "Object number", "content": "NPG.65.57"}], "notes": [{"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "In March 1776, William Moultrie, a wealthy planter with experience as a militia captain, took command of the Continental Army\u00e2\u0080\u0099s fort on Sullivan\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Island in Charles Town Harbor. Renamed in his honor following the Revolutionary War, the fort is visible in the background of this portrait."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "In advance of the takeover, Moultrie deployed his soldiers to attack British Army encampments on Sullivan\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Island and slaughter or capture formerly enslaved people who had been promised their freedom in exchange for fighting for the king. These raids were specifically designed to instill fear in the Low Country\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Black population and to dissuade them from deserting their enslavers. Such efforts were familiar to Moultrie, who owned over two hundred people, making him the second-largest holder of enslaved individuals in the Continental Army after General George Washington."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Charles Town (hoy Charleston), Carolina del Sur"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "En marzo de 1776, William Moultrie, un rico hacendado con experiencia como capit\u00c3\u00a1n de milicias, asumi\u00c3\u00b3 el mando del fuerte del Ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito Continental en Sullivan\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Island, en la bah\u00c3\u00ada de Charles Town. Rebautizado en su honor tras la Guerra de Independencia, el fuerte aparece al fondo de este retrato."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Previendo el ataque ingl\u00c3\u00a9s, Moultrie moviliz\u00c3\u00b3 a sus soldados para atacar los campamentos del ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito brit\u00c3\u00a1nico en Sullivan\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Island y matar o capturar a antiguos esclavos que hab\u00c3\u00adan recibido la promesa de libertad si luchaban del lado del rey. Con esos asaltos quer\u00c3\u00adan atemorizar a la poblaci\u00c3\u00b3n negra de la costa de Carolina del Sur para evitar que abandonaran a sus esclavizadores. Estas t\u00c3\u00a1cticas eran familiares para Moultrie, due\u00c3\u00b1o de m\u00c3\u00a1s de 200 esclavos, cifra superada solo por George Washington entre los miembros del Ej\u00c3\u00a9rcito Continental."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "William Moultrie [1730-1805]; his godson William Moultrie Reid; William Moultrie Reid, Jr.; William Moultrie Reid III; his daughter Miss Reid and Louise Reiser [Mrs. C. W. Reiser], Columbia, S.C.; (Eunice Chambers [d. 1971], Hartsville, S.C.); (A. E. Rueff, Brooklyn); (Harry MacNeill Bland, New York); (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); purchased 1 May 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1942 to NGA; transferred 1965 to NPG."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "William Moultrie, 1730 - 27 Sep 1805"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "William Moultrie: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "William Moultrie: Military and Intelligence\\Army\\Officer\\Revolutionary War Army officer"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "William Moultrie: Politics and Government\\Governor\\South Carolina"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher: 67.6 x 57.2 x 2.5cm (26 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 1\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 75.6 x 65.4 x 6.4cm (29 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 2 1/2\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.65.57", "hash": "333d7253e9fe193adce744b6a2a1e2a3c045a703", "docSignature": "0b011567952504f1076bb56ce94f8d4c", "timestamp": 1666698521, "lastTimeUpdated": 1666698454, "title": "William Moultrie"}