Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Francis Schroeder served as the U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway from 1849 to 1857. The portraits of Francis and his wife, Caroline Schroeder, were passed down through the Schroeder family, and were at one point owned by Sara Franklin Schroeder, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Richard Morell Staigg, born Leeds, England 1817-died Newport, RI 1881
- Sitter
- Francis Schroeder
- Date
- ca. 1849
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
- Medium
- watercolor and pencil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.3 x 18.0 cm) oval
- Type
- Painting-Miniature
