Collection Highlights
Front View of St. Peter's Church with the intended steeple
Date:
1785
Object Number:
PR.McComb.4.70
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. George Chapple Norton (1808-1877)
Object Number:
1887.1
Date:
1839
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. ( 128.3 x 102.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan was the granddaughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and as a poet and novelist she became rather well known in her own day. She was married to the Honorable George Chapple Norton (d. 1875) in 1827, but it was not a happy marriage and the couple separated in 1836. The lawsuit that followed became the basis for Charles Dickens's Bardell vs. Pickwick in "The Pickwick Papers." Her writings thereafter were often devoted to issues surrounding the rights of women.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Samuel S. Osgood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
