biography of Charlotte Napoléone BONAPARTE (1802-1839)

Addresses: Bordentown, NJ

Profession: Portrait, landscape, and flower painter

Exhibited: PAFA, 1822-24

Work: Penn. Hist. Soc.

Comments: (Comtesse de Survilliers) The daughter of Joseph Bonaparte, Comte de Survilliers and ex-King of Spain, she lived with her father on his estate near Bordentown (NJ) from about 1819 to about 1828. She is said to have designed eleven views which appeared in Joubert's Picturesque Views of American Scenery. Her portrait of Cora Monges, painted in 1822, is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Sources: G&W; Wharton, Salons Colonial and Republican, 244-45; American Collector, XVI (Jan. 1948), 16 and repro. of Cora Monges portrait; Rutledge, PA; Scharf and Westcott, History of Phila., 1054.