Mrs. John Quincy Adams
ca. 1824
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 130.8 × 100.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137599
Louisa Catherine Johnson was born in England to an American father and British mother. Her father was the first American consul in England after the Revolutionary War, and the elegant Johnson household was a gathering spot for prominent Americans passing through London. John Quincy Adams visited the Johnsons while serving as American minister to Holland. He fell in love with Louisa, and proposed …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement
Registry history
- ca. 1824 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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