Charles Fraser

Charles Fraser (South Carolina, 1782-1860)
PORTRAIT OF MR. ISAAC BALL, c. 1818
watercolor on ivory, in red-leather case, unsigned, old exhibition labels: Fraser Gallery, and case verso with old gum label: Isaac Ball, 1821 (114), owned by Mrs. M.H. Ball (Mary Huger Gibbs Ball, 1837-1936)
H3 3/4" W3 1/8"

Provenance: Private collection

Exhibitions: Hall of the South Carolina Society, Feb.-Mar., 1857 (known today as South Carolina Society Hall at 72 Meeting Street, Charleston)

Literature: Ball, Edward. SLAVES IN THE FAMILY. 1998
Severens, Martha. CHARLES FRASER OF CHARLESTON. p.123

Other Notes: Isaac Ball (1785-1825) born in South Carolina. Was one the wealthiest prominent Lowcountry rice planters. Ball Isaac Ball (1785-1825) was born in South Carolina. Was one of the wealthiest prominent Lowcountry rice planters. Ball lived in Charleston and inherited and managed several major plantations along the Cooper River in Berkeley County, including Limerick, Comingtee, and other plantations. By 1824, he owned over 570 slaves. Isaac Ball married French Huguenot Eliza Catherine Poyas (1785-1852).

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