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Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr.

Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr.






Date : approx. between 1795 and 1798

Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1905)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Painting
American Wing
Second Floor - Section 218
Item 13 on 18
American Art
Painting

Area related
USA

Description   

Stuart became the leading portraitist of his day in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr., born Henrietta Hillegas in 1766, was one of the ten children of Michael and Henrietta Hillegas of Philadelphia. Her father made his fortune in sugar refining and iron manufacturing, and served as the first treasurer of the United States.
Item(s) related   
Metropolitan Museum of Art :
American Painting
Joseph Anthony Jr.
Portrait
Gilbert Stuart
approx. from 1795 to 1798
Mrs. Joseph Anthony Jr.
Gilbert Stuart