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Mrs. Francis Barton Stockton
Hugh Bridport (born London, England 1794-died Philadelphia, PA ca. 1868)
ca. 1840
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.1 cm) oval
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Mrs. Stockton was the niece of Stephen Decatur, a commodore in the United States Navy who fought in the War of 1812. She lived in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Francis B. Stockton, who also fought in the war.
