Shinah Solomon Etting: Jewish Matriarch of Early Baltimore
Charles Peale Polk, Mrs. Elijah Etting, 1792, oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 27 5/8 in. In 1792, Shinah Solomon Etting (1744-1822), a Jewish widow, sat for her portrait in Baltimore. Her portraitist, Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822), was a member of the Peale family, and many of his relatives—including his…
