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Description of Pictures: Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and Her Quest for an Imperial Legacy
Presented by the Von Hess Foundation

Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was one of the femme fatales of the War of 1812 generation, setting the gossipmongers atwitter with her revealing empire dresses at society events. Her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger brother Jerome became an international drama. Even at ninety-four, Elizabeth was still making news as one of America’s richest women. As the official keeper of Elizabeth’s memory, The Maryland Historical Society is launching a major new exhibition, entitled “Woman of Two Worlds: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and the Quest for an Imperial Legacy” that will open on June 9, 2013.

The exhibition illustrates the ‘two worlds’ of France and America that Elizabeth inhabited and showcases her pearl and garnet tiara, silver, porcelain, paintings, textiles, jewelry, manuscripts, furniture and one of her "scandalous" dresses in the French-style.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MDHS2W_150830_007.JPG: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte: Who Was She?
2. MDHS2W_150830_031.JPG: A Legacy Achieved
3. MDHS2W_150830_034.JPG: The Story Begins
4. MDHS2W_150830_040.JPG: Edward Patterson by William Edward West, c 1830
5. MDHS2W_150830_055.JPG: A Woman of Letters
6. MDHS2W_150830_060.JPG: A Baltimore Family
7. MDHS2W_150830_064.JPG: Mrs. William Patterson (Dorcas Spear) with Elizabeth Patterson by Robert Edge Pine, c 1786
8. MDHS2W_150830_069.JPG: Gown with quilted petticoat, reproduction shoes and fichu, c 1779
9. MDHS2W_150830_072.JPG: William Patterson by Thomas Sully, 1821
10. MDHS2W_150830_077.JPG: Napoleon Bonaparte by Henri Frederic Iselin, after Corbet, 1859
11. MDHS2W_150830_089.JPG: Elizabeth Patterson by Gilbert Stuart, 1804
12. MDHS2W_150830_094.JPG: Jerome Bonaparte by unknown artist, 1805
13. MDHS2W_150830_102.JPG: Mesalliance, The Marriage
14. MDHS2W_150830_104.JPG: A Nomadic Life
15. MDHS2W_150830_113.JPG: A Life Abroad
16. MDHS2W_150830_117.JPG: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte by Francois Josephe Kinson, 1817
17. MDHS2W_150830_126.JPG: Locket, c 1870
18. MDHS2W_150830_140.JPG: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Firmin Massot, 1823
19. MDHS2W_150830_147.JPG: Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (Susan May Williams) by George D'Almaine, 1856
20. MDHS2W_150830_158.JPG: Letter from Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte to her father, William Patterson September 5, 1829
21. MDHS2W_150830_164.JPG: The Bonapartes of Baltimore
22. MDHS2W_150830_168.JPG: Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte ("Bo") by John Dabour, 1876
23. MDHS2W_150830_175.JPG: The Grandsons
24. MDHS2W_150830_178.JPG: Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, Jr. by Georg Ernst Fischer, 1850
25. MDHS2W_150830_184.JPG: Charles Joseph Bonaparte by Cecile Smith de Wentworth, 1906-1909
26. MDHS2W_150830_191.JPG: A Bonaparte "Museum" on Park Avenue
27. MDHS2W_150830_194.JPG: Triple Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte by George D'Almaine, 1856
28. MDHS2W_150830_197.JPG: The Boarding House Years
29. MDHS2W_150830_200.JPG: Silhouette of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte at 53 Years, 1840
30. MDHS2W_150830_205.JPG: Betsy's Later Life
31. MDHS2W_150830_212.JPG: Back to Baltimore
32. MDHS2W_150830_216.JPG: The Legacy
33. MDHS2W_150830_220.JPG: Sketchbook Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1860s
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