Francis Depau
James Peale
1802 · Watercolor on ivory · The American Wing
The donor identified the sitter, Francis Depau (1744-1836), as a New York City shipowner and merchant who later established the first line of packet ships between New York and Le Havre, France. Depau married Sylvie de Grasse, daughter of the comte de Grasse.
- Artist
- James Peale
- Date
- 1802
- Medium
- Watercolor on ivory
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Jacqueline L. Hammond, 1963
