Francis kinloch huger (1773-1855) was a surgeon in charleston. On the occasion of the marquis de lafayette's visit to charleston in 1825, the city commissioned this miniature and gold frame as a gift to lafayette in commemoration of his friendship with huger. For eight months in 1794-95, huger had been imprisoned for his role in trying to free lafayette from the austrian fortress of olmütz. Https://www. Metmuseum. Org/art/collection/search/10900. Date: 1825.
