Provenance:

By direct descent in the sitter's family to the present owner.

Note:

Rosetta M. Roosevelt, born in New York City, was only two when she accompanied her parents, inventor and entrepreneur Nicholas James Roosevelt and Lydia Sellon Latrobe, daughter of architect Benjamin Latrobe, on a six-month 1811 voyage of the steamship New Orleans to travel the Ohio and Mississippi river.from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. The trip proved steamships could navigate the route, Her brother, Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, was born less that 10 days after the start of the journey.

Rosetta married Russell Fitch (1805-1865) and Henry remained a bachelor in Skaneateles.

Examination under UV shows no signs of any touchups or in-painting. One portrait is in overall good condition. The other shows two vertical cracks, one through the center and one to the left side of the panel. This example also shows some rubbing to the figure’s left eye.

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