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Mrs. Thomas Lee Shippen
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About this work
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 <b>[see 1999.87.4, and 1999.87.5]</b>.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMrs. Thomas Lee Shippen. ca. 1816. Hugh Bridport, born London, England 1794-died Philadelphia, PA ca. 1868. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen. CC0.
