Object Details
- original artist
- Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
- Description
- Gerome Ferris recorded his painting The Bonapartes, 1804 in detail in this ink drawing. We do not know whether he made the drawing before the painting as a guide or afterward as a record, and the current location of the painting is unknown. He researched the historic details in depth to ensure his picture was accurate. He took pride in his chosen calling, painter-historian, which he seriously pursued from about 1900.
- The drawing shows Jerome Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest brother, and his American wife, Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore, at an inn during their travels in the United States. Jerome Bonaparte had taken refuge here during the Napoleonic Wars and married during his stay in this country. A furious Napoleon rejected Jerome’s American wife, who returned to the United States. Jerome married again to support his brother’s dynastic ambition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. J. L. Gerome Ferris
- ID Number
- GA.16616
- catalog number
- 16616
- accession number
- 119780
- Object Name
- drawing
- Other Terms
- drawing; Pen and Ink
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (part material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 23 cm x 32.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 12 13/16 in
- sheet: 25.5 cm x 38 cm; 10 1/16 in x 14 15/16 in
- Related Publication
- Mitnick, Barbara. Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1863-1930: American Painter Historian
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_795067
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-fcd7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
