Portrait of Margaret Shippen (Mrs. Benedict Arnold) Artist: Major John André (British, 1751–1780)

1778

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (15.9 × 12 cm)

Credit Line

University purchase

Accession Number

1938.96

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

18th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Mrs. Edwin Shippen Burd, Philadelphia; Edwin Shippen, Philadelphia; James S. Earle & Son, Philadelphia; Erskine Hewitt
Bibliography
  • James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man, Sterling Signature Edition (New York: Sterling Signature, 2012), 162
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

portraits

Inscriptions

Inscribed with graphite, Back: Miss Margaret Shippen/ daughter of Chief Justice Shippen; annotated with pen and black ink on backing: graphite sketch of/ Mrs. Margaret Arnold/ by Major Andre-/ Obtained by me from Mrs/ Edward Shippen Burd-whose husà[sealed off]àa nephew of Mrs. Arnold./ Edw. Shippen/ 1207 Walnut St./ Philad'a

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