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Captain Robert Lillibridge
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About this work
Robert Lillibridge, a sea captain born in 1767, died aboard his ship of typhoid fever in 1809. His crew buried him at sea off the coast of Africa. This portrait of Captain Lillibridge shows William Verstille’s tendency to portray his subjects with dramatic eyes set closely under the brows, with “bristly” hair and thin lips that appear slightly misplaced.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCaptain Robert Lillibridge. ca. 1795. William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase. CC0.
