Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (Mrs. William Thornton), Gilbert Stuart, 1804
Mrs. Thornton (?-1865). Dr. Wm thornton was the 1st architect of the capitol in washington dc. Mrs. Thornton was a well known socialite and was involved in a strange case involving a slave threatening her with an axe. Painting exhibited in 1922 in the union league in nyc. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1804. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 73.2 cm (28.8 in); width: 61.3 cm (24.1 in). Medium: oil. Depicted People: Anna Thornton. Collection: National Gallery of Art. Anna MB Thornton by G Stuart