Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) sat for Henri when he returned from his tenure as United States minister to France. He subsequently served as a senator from New York.
Signature: [at right]: P. H. / 98
Inscription: Inscribed on a heavy brown card on verso at a later date: Bouvernor Morris / Pierre Henri / #40
Erskine Hewitt; sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 21 Oct. 1938, lot 822; Norvin H. Green; sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 30 Nov. 1950, lot 229; Harry Fromke, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, 18 Oct. 1986, lot 388
Artist: Henry Benbridge (American, Philadelphia 1743–1812 Philadelphia) Date: ca. 1770Medium: Watercolor on ivoryAccession: 1996.563On view in:Not on view