Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen

Hugh Bridport, Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen, ca. 1816, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.2
Copied Hugh Bridport, Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen, ca. 1816, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen
Artist
Date
ca. 1816
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval
Credit Line
Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait female — Shippen, Thomas Lee, Mrs. — bust
Object Number
1999.87.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.87.2

Artwork Description

Elizabeth Carter Farley was the granddaughter of Colonel William Byrd III of Virginia, and a cousin of the Civil War general Robert E. Lee. Her second husband was Thomas Lee Shippen (1765-1798) of Philadelphia, a confidante of Thomas Jefferson. Two of her children, Thomas Lee Shippen and William Shippen, were painted in miniature by James Peale, and are in this collection as well [see 1999.87.4, and 1999.87.5].