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6. März 2014 · Elizabeth Patterson’s wedding dress when she married Jerome Bonaparte in 1804. The dress was the height of European fashion, but Americans called her ‘an almost naked woman.’ (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Evening dress. French. 1804–5. Not on view. On December 24, 1803, Jerome Bonaparte (1784—1860), brother of Napoleon, wed Elizabeth Patterson (1785—1879) of Baltimore. The beautiful and fashionable young American was married in a dress of muslin and lace that, according to a contemporary, "would fit easily into a gentleman's pocket."
Charles Joseph Bonaparte (grandson) Signature. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (February 6, 1785 – April 4, 1879) was an American socialite. She was the daughter of Baltimore merchant William Patterson and the first wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon 's youngest brother.
- April 4, 1879 (aged 94), Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
- Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte
- February 6, 1785, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
- William Patterson, Dorcas Spear Patterson
In December 1803, Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), brother of Napoleon, married Elizabeth Patterson, a young American woman, who probably wore such a wedding gown of Indian muslin and lace . According to a contemporary, it “would fit easily into a gentleman’s pocket.”
This circa 1804-05 evening dress, owned by Baltimore socialite Elizabeth Patterson, who suffered an ill-fated marriage to the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, represents the popular French Empire style that rippled through American fashion systems in the early nineteenth century. The Grecian-inspired loose drapery, puffed sleeves, low neckline ...
views 2,050,455 updated. The Patterson-Bonaparte Wedding. Sources. Belle of Baltimore. Born in 1785, Elizabeth Patterson may have been the most beautiful girl in Baltimore; she certainly was the most ambitious. “ Nature never intended me for obscurity, ” she wrote.
14. Juli 2012 · By marrying the brother of one of the most powerful men in the world, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte became a national–actually, an international–celebrity. Far from being a modest, respectable wife who, according to American social expectations, would find happiness within her home rather than in the public sphere, Elizabeth relished being in the public eye.
