Metadata
Title
Joseph Bonaparte, Comte de Survilliers
Creator
Adolph Maillard, Jr.
Date
1840 (circa)
Description
This pencil portrait is by Adolph Mailliard (b. 1819 in Bordentown, New Jersey), son of Bonaparte’s personal secretary, Louis Mailliard (b. 1795). It is believed that Adolph made the portrait on one of the many trips which Bonaparte and the Mailliards made to Europe. He sent the portrait as a gift to Mrs. Langhorne Thorne, the concierge at Point Breeze. Adolph settled in San Rafael, California in 1867.
Extent
13.0" H x 10.0" W
Medium
Pencil on paper
Provenance
Gift of Emily Gilpin Hopkinson
Collection
Bonaparte Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
1973.07.01