Susannah Wylly

Artist Unknown

Sitter Susannah Cunningham Wylly (American, 1788 - 1829)

Datec.1802

Mediumoil on canvas

DimensionsFramed: 26 1/2 × 22 1/2 inches (67.3 × 57.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret Screven Duke.

Object numberOT1964.28

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextSusannah Cunningham Wylly (1788-1829) was the daughter of Alexander Campbell Wylly (1760-1833) and Margaret Armstrong (1769-1850). Her father was born in Savannah, her mother in Florida. Susannah was born in Nassau, Bahamas, where the family fled after the Revolutionary War. The family oral history relates that Susannah was sent to school in Boston in 1802, at age 14. Later, the family lived on St. Simons Island, GA. where, in the 1820 census, there were 10 family members and 46 enslaved laborers on their household site.

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