Portrait of Catherine "Kitty" Winebiddle Roup
Object number86.1.36
Artist
Unknown
Date1850
MediumOil on canvas; Wood
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Paul J. Baum
DescriptionFramed oil painting. Bust portrait of a woman wearing a black dress, white lace collar, and day cap. She is facing right with her hands folded in her lap. The frame is ornate and deeply molded gilt wood.Dimensions35.9999 x 28.9999 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm)InscriptionsEngraved plaque at bottom of frame: KITTY WINEBIDDLE ROUP/1790-1877
Historical NotesCatherine "Kitty" Winebiddle Roup was the daughter of John Conrad Winebiddle and Elizabeth Taub, the wife of John Roup, the mother of Jonas Roup and the sister of Philip Winebiddle. Her daugher Rebecca married William Baum. The Winebiddle family in Western Pennsylvania is descended from John Conrad Winebiddle who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on March 11, 1741. In 1761, he married Elizabeth Taub. The Winebiddles then removed to America and arrived at Fort Pitt in 1771. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, John Conrad Winebiddle purchased cattle to feed and clothe the Continental troops and opened a tannery in the Lawrenceville area (near the current intersection of Butler Street and Penn Avenue.) Partly through the inheritance of his wife from her father, Casper Taub, John Conrad Winebiddle amassed large tracts of land in what would later be the 19th and 20th wards of Pittsburgh, including the town of East Liberty. They held, ultimately, 648 acres of land north of Forbes Road, forming a plantation known as "Rumbiddle." This painting was a bequest to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania from the estate of Mrs. Paul J. Baum in 1977. Paul J. Baum was the great grandson of Catherine "Kitty" Winebiddle Roup.
Related person
Catherine Winebiddle Roup
(1790 - 1877)
Previous owner
Paul J. Baum
(1895 - 1965)
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