Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville

Anne Marguérite Hyde de Neuville
Self-Portrait, c. 1805-10, Black ink and wash, charcoal, Conté crayon, and graphite on paper mounted on board, New-York Historical Society
Born
Henriette Anne Marguérite Joséphine Rouillé de Marigny

May 10, 1771
DiedSeptember 14, 1849 (78 years old)
NationalityFrench
Known forDrawings and watercolors documenting early 19th c. America

Anne Marguérite, Baroness Hyde de Neuville (born Henriette Anne Marguérite Joséphine Rouillé de Marigny, May 10, 1771 - September 14, 1849 ) was a French aristocrat and self-taught watercolorist and artist. She is best known for her drawings of people and landscapes she encountered in her travels in America during the first decades of the 19th century. She left behind a sizable body of work of over 200 watercolors and drawings.

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