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Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (Cornelia Paterson)

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Date

c.1825

Artist

Nathaniel Rogers (1788-1844)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11943

Description

The sitter (1780-1844) was the daughter of William Paterson, second governor of New Jersey and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1793 to 1806. On May 17, 1802, she became the second wife of Congressman Stephen Van Rensselaer III of Albany. Robert Fulton (q.v.) also portrayed her. Medium: watercolor on ivory.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

New Jersey, USA

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