Known almost exclusively as a painter of Lowcountry river scenes, Trouche was acclaimed in his own time as "rising to eminence in landscape."
The basis for the identification as a self-portrait is family tradition, coupled with gold interlaced intitials on the verso.
Notes:
This text is adapted from Martha Severens "The Miniature Portrait Collection of the Carolina Art Association" published by the Carolina Art Association, 1984
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