Manor House of Joseph Bonaparte near Bordentown
Description
Bodmer's watercolor sketch of the Bonaparte mansion shows it as it was in the summer of 1832. The following year the mansion burned, with a reported loss of many valuable pictures, furniture, and historic papers. In 1850 Henry Beckett, the British consul at Philadelphia, purchased the property and demolished what remained of the original house.
Original German Title
None
Medium
watercolor on paper
Dimensions
6 3/8 x 8 3/4
Call No.
JAM.1986.49.26
Approximate Date of Creation
23rd July 1832