Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen

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]

Hugh Bridport

Creation Date: ca. 1816
Type: Painting
Medium: watercolor on ivory

Dimensions: sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval

Object #: 2788
Credit Line: Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=2788
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1999.87.2
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