Elizabeth Patterson

Metadata

Title

Elizabeth Patterson

Creator

E.W.B.

Date

1810 (circa) -1815 (circa)

Description

Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), youngest of Napoleon's brothers, married Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore in 1803. (From that union are descended the American Bonapartes.) Napoleon, however, annulled the marriage by imperial decree and Jerome was made King of Westphalia shortly after his arranged marriage to Princess Catherine of Wurtenberg in 1807. Joseph Bonaparte gave this portrait of Elizabeth Patterson to Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson.

Extent

Image 3.0" H x 2.5" W. Frame 10.0" H x 9.25" W.

Medium

Oil on Ivory

Provenance

Joseph Bonaparte gave this painting to Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson. Gift of Emily Gilpin Hopkinson, 1973.

Collection

Bonaparte Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Identifier

1973.06.01