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Portrait painting of Susannah (Susan) May Williams (1812-1881) ca. 1814 by Gilbert Stuart. Susannah was the daughter of Baltimore merchant Benjamin Williams (1767-1812) and Sarah Copeland Williams (1776-1870). On November 12, 1829, she married Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (1805-1870), the only son of Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860) and Elizabeth "Betsy" Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879). William Patterson (1752-1835), her…

Susannah May Williams (Mrs. Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte)

Description

Portrait painting of Susannah (Susan) May Williams (1812-1881) ca. 1814 by Gilbert Stuart. Susannah was the daughter of Baltimore merchant Benjamin Williams (1767-1812) and Sarah Copeland Williams (1776-1870). On November 12, 1829, she married Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (1805-1870), the only son of Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860) and Elizabeth "Betsy" Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879). William Patterson (1752-1835), her husband's grandfather, gifted "Montrose Mansion" in Reisterstown, Maryland for the couple to live in. They had two sons: Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (1830-1893) and Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851-1921). Susannah died at her home on Park Avenue in Baltimore after a long illness. She is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

Creator

Date

circa 1814

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

21.5 x 25.5 inches

Object ID

1980.37.1

Accession Number

1980.37

Resource ID

7905

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Clarence W. Miles, In Memory of Her Son, Thomas Addison Lanaham

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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