• Eliza Monroe
    Unknown
    First Family
    portrait
    This portrait by an unknown artist depicts Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright Monroe, daughter of President James Monroe and First Lady Elizabeth Monroe. Eliza was their first child, and this portrait may have been done during her father's tenure as United States Minister to France.
  • Elizabeth Monroe, White House Collection
    Eben F. Comins
    portrait
    White House Collection
    This is a reproduction of a portrait of Elizabeth Monroe attributed to John Vanderlyn. The reproduction was painted by Eben Farrington Comins. Monroe accompanied her husband James Monroe on trips to Europe while he was the U.S. Minister. On one trip, she played a role in saving the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette from being executed by guillotine. Her role as First Lady in the White House was limited by her ailments.