The Porters Lodge (Manigault House Charleston)

Description:

Black ink etching on paper depicting a woman balancing a basket on her head as she walks past the circular outbuilding* of the Joseph Manigault House (350 Meeting Street). Gift of the artist.

*Edward Manigault referred to this outbuilding as a "summer house" on his 1852 survey. During the 1920s it became more popularly known as the "Porter's Lodge" and was then later referred to as the "Gate Temple."

• Title: The Porters Lodge (Manigault House Charleston)
• Creator: Verner, Elizabeth (O'Neill), 1883-1979
• Date: 1923
• Signature: Elizabeth O Neill Verner
• Signature Location: lower right in graphite
• Culture: American
• School: Charleston Renaissance Movement
• Dimensions: H-9.75 W-7.75 inches
• Makers Mark: bottom in graphite, "Before I was a professional etcher. It's very poor but an interesting record."

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• Collection: Works on Paper Collection
• Object Name: Etchings
• Other Name: Work on Paper
• Object Id: AZ 1887

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