Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743–1808)
John Hoppner
1793 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings
In 1767 Benjamin Franklin's only daughter Sarah married Richard Bache (1737–1811), later postmaster general of the United States. In 1780 she became the leader of a patriotic organization supplying money and clothing for the Revolutionary War effort, having at one time over 2,000 women employed under her direction. This portrait and that of her husband (private collection) were painted in 1793 in London.
- Artist
- John Hoppner
- Date
- 1793
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1901
