In Griswold, R.W. The Republican Court, or, American society in the days of Washington. New and rev. ed. (New York, 1856), plate preceding p. 295., Cornelia Clinton Genet was the daughter of New York Gov. George Clinton (1739-1812) and the wife of Edmond-Charles Genêt (1763-1834)., Three-quarter length portrait of Mme. Genet standing standing in front of a natural landscape, her arms folded at her waist.