Metadata
Title
Landscape sketch
Creator
Charlotte Bonaparte
Date
1823 (circa)
Description
Oval pencil sketch (landscape) by Charlotte Bonaparte (1802-1839), daughter of Joseph Bonaparte. Signed "C. 1823" and inscribed: "20 Juillet 1833 / un Souvenir / de Joseph Bonaparte / a son ami Short / Peintre par/ Charlotte [?] fi." Also a later inscription: "20th July 1833, A Souvenir / of Joseph Bonaparte / to his friend Wm. Short / Drawn by my daughter / Charlotte. / C.W.S. / Jan. 1850." Set into a rectangular wooden frame 6 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Extent
4.25" x 3.5" oval
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. E. Alban Watson
Collection
Bonaparte Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
1979.21.01