When the Gibbes Museum opened in 1905, the nation celebrated what Charleston has always understood: the power of art – to inspire our imagination, heal our hurt, and nourish our souls.

Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), by Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston

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Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), 1711, Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston

Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), 1711
Henrietta de Beaulieu Dering Johnston (American, ca. 1674–1729)
Pastel on paper; 14 2/5 x 11 3/5 inches
Gibbes Museum of Art, Gift of Victor A. Morawetz (1938.020.0004)
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