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Mrs. Patrick Henry (Dorothea Dandridge)

(American, 1813–1843)
about 1831
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 85.1 x 60.3 cm (33 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865
Accession number47.1225
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsUpper center: 1826
Provenance1826, the artist. With Charles Woolsey Lyon, New York; 1939, sold by Charles Woolsey Lyon to Elie Nadelman, Riverdale, N.Y.; 1944, sold by Elie Nadelman to Albert Duveen, New York; 1944, sold by Albert Duveen to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1947, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)
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