Smithsonian American Art Museum
Captain Robert Lillibridge
William Verstille, born Boston, MA ca. 1755-died Boston, MA 1803 · ca. 1795
Robert Lillibridge, a sea captain born in 1767, died aboard his ship of typhoid fever in 1809. His crew buried him at sea off the coast of Africa. This portrait of Captain Lillibridge shows William Verstille’s tendency to portray his subjects with dramatic eyes set closely under the brows, with “bristly” hair and thin lips that appear slightly misplaced.
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