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Trueheart, Bartholomew

American, 1770 - 1834

Biography

Bartholomew Trueheart was the son of Daniel and Mary Garland Trueheart. His grandfather was Aaron Trueheart, a Scotsman who came to Virginia before 1750 and fought, as did Bartholomew's father, in the American Revolution. Bartholomew married three times--first, to Sally Seabrook; second, to Elizabeth Mosby, with whom he had one son and six daughters; and lastly, to Marcia Burton. A prominent landowner, by the time of his death in 1834 Trueheart had acquired over twelve hundred acres. Trueheart was very fond of fox hunting, a popular custom brought to the colonies from Britain. Around 1800, he commissioned two paintings depicting the start and end of the hunt from an unknown local artist (possibly one of the many transplanted from London). The pictures (now in the NGA) may be based on English sporting prints, and according to family tradition, depict Bartholomew upon his horse "Shylock" at the center of each, accompanied by his servant and friends. The setting is said to be the environs of Selma, his Powhatan County estate, where the paintings hung before descending in the family after Trueheart's death.

Bibliography

1964
Blanton, Natalie [Mrs. Wydham B.]. West Hill, Cumberland County, Viriginia: The Story of Those Who Have Loved It. (Privately printed), 1964.

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