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He married Miss Elizabeth Pattinson of Baltimore. However, when he brought his bride back to France from the United States Napoleon refused to allow her to stay on French soil. As a result the baby she was expecting was born in Camberwell in England. Her marriage to Jerome was quickly and cruelly annulled by Napoleon.
Francois-Joseph Kinsoen was born and trained as an artist in Bruges in Flanders but later became a naturalized French citizen. He was painter to the Court of Westphalia in Jerome’s time, and after the fall of the Empire, became painter to the Duke of Angouleme.
Title
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), King of Westphalia
Date
c.1807–1813
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 224.2 x W 145.4 cm
Accession number
B.M.472
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the Founders, 1885
Work type
Painting
The Bowes Museum
Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP England
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