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Van de Weyer, Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates, 1817-1878.
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Contributor
D. Appleton and Company.
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860, artist.
Mote, William Henry, engraver.
McQueen (Firm), printer of plates.
Longman & Co.
Title
Van de Weyer, Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates, 1817-1878.
Alternate title
Madame Van de Weyer / A.E. Chalon ; W.H. Mote.
Publisher
London : Printed by McQueen for Longman & Co. and Appleton & Co., New York.
Date
1840
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 16.6 x 13.1 cm
Description
Knee-length portrait of the Massachusetts native, possibly wearing her wedding dress.
Notes
In Heath’s Book of beauty (London, 1840), plate opposite p. [277]; the accompanying text is a poem “To Madame Van de Weyer : written on her wedding-day.”
In 1839, Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates married Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-1874), who served as the Belgian Ambassador in London, 1831-1867.
Genre
Portrait prints-- 1840-1849.
Engravings -- 1840-1849.
Subject
Americans -- Foreign countries.
Wedding costume.
Women in public life.
Van de Weyer, Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates, 1817-1878 -- Portraits.
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Portraits of American Women
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