Artist Henry Inman (1801 - 1846)

Madame Elizabeth Bowen Jumel

Datec. 1830

DimensionsSight: 18 1/2 × 15 1/16 in. (47 × 38.3 cm)

Object numberN0378.1955

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextMadame Jumel (1769-1865) was the widow of a wealthy New York City wine merchant. Their country manor house still stands in the Washington Heights section of New York City and is a public museum. Jumel's background is obscure and she was considered an adventuress. In 1833 she married Aaron Burr (she was his second wife). They were later divorced after much litigation.

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