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E.P. Richardson, Jacob Eichholtz, Portrait Painter of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969, p. 95, no. 303
Sarah Work was the daughter of Col. Andrew Galbraith and Barbara Kyle. She married John Bannister Gibson in 1812. He was a prominent figure in the Pennsylvania judiciary, serving on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1816-1853. Eicholtz painted Mr. Gibson in 1812, when this portrait was probably made.
E.P. Richardson, Jacob Eichholtz, Portrait Painter of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1969, p. 95, no. 303
Sarah Work was the daughter of Col. Andrew Galbraith and Barbara Kyle. She married John Bannister Gibson in 1812. He was a prominent figure in the Pennsylvania judiciary, serving on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1816-1853. Eicholtz painted Mr. Gibson in 1812, when this portrait was probably made.