1750s to 1800 Obituary Charcoal Portraits Of Woman And Man?

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

size=Both 5 1/2 Length & 4 inches in width
They both came in a wooden frame.
It say's the guys name & when he was born & when he died.
I still can't find out what they are.
Thank you for your answers!

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

I still can't find out what they are.

Dead.

 

[Bramblefind]

That date matches the birth of Edward Warner Heston - I can't read the death date:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_W._Heston

That portrait looks to be the same as on this page and identified as Zebulon Heston whom they show to be Edward Warner Heston's grandfather.

Heston Ancestry intro Page

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

So why would they use the grandfather portrait & put the grandson's birth and death date under it?

 

[Bramblefind]

So why would they use the grandfather portrait & put the grandson's birth and death date under it?

It appears that a mistake was made in one place or the other. You will probably need to contact someone to help you figure it out. Like the person who created that website and/ or maybe a historical society - I think this one covers the vicinity where the Hestons / Waners lived.

Philadelphia | University City Historical Society

 

[Bramblefind]

I dug a little and found where the portraits are discussed - there is some confusion but this message makes me think the writing on your portrait is correct and that it is of Edward Warner Heston not Zebulon Heston.

Re: Pictures of Zebulon Heston - Genealogy.com

Re: Pictures of Zebulon Heston and Dorothy Hutchinson Heston
By Dave Heston June 02, 2008 at 06:51:46
In reply to: Pictures of Zebulon Heston and Dorothy Hutchinson Heston
Robert Daniels 4/29/06
I hate to disappoint, but those are Edward Warner Heston and his second wife, Sarah Hill. He was the family history researcher who put together the tree in the 1883 pamphlet, and that's what's on the BYU library web site.


Those two cameo-type images appear in the Heston Historian Vol 3 No 2, Summer 1959, which says it's a reprint from Edward's obit in the Saturday Evening Post of February 21, 1824.


Zebulon and Dorothy *could* have had their portraits made during their lifetime, but there's no way to know for sure if they did. Sorry.

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

Thank you so much I appreciate it awesome

 

[Unitedstatesofamerica1]

so do you think that this could be a original Edward Warner Heston drawing from charcoal?

 

[sutphin]

HEY USA HERE ARE 2 CHARCOAL DRAWINGS I FOUND IN MY 1900S ATTIC MOTHER AND SON. WHAT REASON FOR BEING LEFT BEHIND NEVER KNOW.