Mrs. Francis Schroeder (Caroline Seaton)

Richard Morell Staigg, born Leeds, England 1817-died Newport, RI 1881 · ca. 1849

Caroline Seaton Schroeder was the daughter of William Seaton, the owner of the newspaper the National Intelligencer<b>,</b> mayor of Washington, D.C., and a regent of the Smithsonian. The pencil outline of Mrs. Schroeder’s dress makes her portrait appear unfinished, as the lower portion of her dress is without color. Richard Morell Staigg used a similar technique in his portrait of Mr. Schroeder.