# Mrs. Francis Barton Stockton

- By: Hugh Bridport (born London, England 1794-died Philadelphia, PA ca. 1868)
- Date: ca. 1840
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.1 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=2789)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9249ab3ef25b981011ef644cd296df81.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.