# Mrs. John Watson (Matilda)

- By: Sarah Goodridge (born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853)
- Date: ca. 1825
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.1 x 6.3 cm) oval
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=9342)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3a398b1f09f45e8f92735c84a2a5b509.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Mrs. John Watson’s frilled gown and extravagant jewelry capture the romantic revival that took place during the 1820s.