Captain Robert Lillibridge
William Verstille
ca. 1795
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1975.59.1
Tags
eighteenth century dressPortrait male
About this artwork
Robert Lillibridge, a sea captain born in 1767, died aboard his ship of typhoid fever in 1809. His crew buried him at sea off the coast of Africa. This portrait of Captain Lillibridge shows William Verstilleâs tendency to portray his subjects with dramatic eyes set closely under the brows, with âbristlyâ hair and thin lips that appear slightly misplaced.