The Bonapartes at an Inn
name: label: original artist
content: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome
notes: label: Description
content: Gerome Ferris recorded his painting <i>The Bonapartes, 1804</i> 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Ferris Collection
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content: Communications
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mitnick, Barbara. Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1863-1930: American Painter Historian
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. J. L. Gerome Ferris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.16616
label: catalog number
content: 16616
label: accession number
content: 119780
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 23 cm x 32.5 cm; 9 1/16 in x 12 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 25.5 cm x 38 cm; 10 1/16 in x 14 15/16 in