Mrs. John Biddle (Eliza Falconer Bradish)

Thomas Sully American
1818
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 724
Eliza Falconer Bradish (1795–1865) was born to Margaretta and James Bradish of New York. She married Major John Biddle (see 24.115.1) in 1819. They had one daughter and four sons. A register kept by Sully records that this portrait was painted in 1821. The sitter is shown in a stylishly informal pose set off by the elegance of her velvet dress and fur boa. Although the portrait corresponds in size with that of Mr. Biddle, its color scheme and composition are not complimentary, making it unlikely that the work was intended as a pendant for Sully's 1818 portrait of her husband.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. John Biddle (Eliza Falconer Bradish)
  • Artist: Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783–1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Date: 1818
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 30 x 24 7/8 in. (76.2 x 63.2 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of General John Biddle, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.115.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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