The #NationalFirstLadiesLibrary has invited me to premier a 2nd part to my play “The Adventures of #LouisaCatherineAdams.”
Part I explored Louisa Catherine and #JohnQuincyAdams’ diplomatic experiences in #Europe. Part II is “Louisa Catherine Adams in America”
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LOUISA CATHERINE JOHNSON ADAMS 1816 Artist Charles Robert Leslie This grand portrait, which captures Adams’s continental sophistication, was painted in London by Charles Robert Leslie. The sitting took place one year after Adams completed a harrowing six-week winter journey by sleigh from St. Petersburg to Paris. Her headdress and empire waist evoke the five years that Adams spent at the court of Czar Alexander I while her husband served as President Madison’s minister to Russia. Source https://www.diplomaticrooms.state.gov/objects/portrait-of-louisa-catherine-johnson-adams/ https://firstladies.si.edu/portrait/louisa-adams https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2015/02/from-russia-with-love-lcas-journey-from-russia-to-france/
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams Approximately 1824 Artist Charles Bird King Source https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/mrs-john-quincy-adams-13733
This portrait of First Lady Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams was painted by prolific portraitist Gilbert Stuart between 1821 and 1826. Mrs. Adams first sat for the portrait when her husband, John Quincy Adams, served as Secretary of State for President James Monroe, and it was finished during Adams' presidency, which began on March 4, 1825 and ended on March 4, 1829. Artist Gilbert Stuart Source https://library.whitehousehistory.org/fotoweb/archives/5017-Digital-Library/Main%20Index/Portraits/159.tif.info https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/fotoware?id=07B1D05190E34516%20834E805AC81098BF
Portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams (wife of John Quincy) by Edward Savage, C. 1791-1794. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House, the Peacefield house, as part of the Adams National Historic Park. Source https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/1a84b334-155d-451f-673c-b5d0d216eee4
Portraits of #LouisaCatherineAdams (wife of John Quincy Adams). She was remarkable person in her own right. She took a daring journey from Saint Petersburg Russia to Paris France in February/March 1815, using her savvy and French to survive an encounter with troops loyal to Napoleon.
Happy #250th birthday to #LouisaCatherineAdams: accomplished #musician (singer, harpist, pianist), prolific #writer (of autobiographies, poems, plays, and essays), and wife to US President #JohnQuincyAdams!
To learn more about this fascinating woman, visit #TheAdamsPapers @mhs1791.bsky.social
