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Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785-1879.
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Contributor
Wallin, Samuel, artist.
Richardson & Cox, engraver.
Title
Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785-1879.
Alternate title
Mrs. Patterson / S.W. [i.e., Samuel Wallin?] ; Richardson-Cox, sc.
Publisher
[New York? : s.n.]
Date
[1852?]
Physical description
1 print : tinted lithograph ; 15.1 x 10.6 cm
Description
Waist-length portrait of the Maryland native, wearing a garment with a low neckline.
Notes
In The Napoleon dynasty, or, The history of the Bonaparte family (New York, 1852), plate opposite p. 451.
In 1803, Elizabeth ("Betsy") Patterson married Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), the youngest brother of Napoleon I. The wedding took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Her taste in clothing, inspired by then-current European fashions, provoked criticism as immodest. Complying with Napoleon’s orders, her husband returned to Europe and effectively abandoned her.
Genre
Portrait prints – 1850-1859.
Lithographs – Tinted – 1850-1859.
Subject
Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785-1879 – Portraits.
Décolletage.
Women.
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Portraits of American Women
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