Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 375.
Summary:
Seated portrait of Mrs. Daniel deSaussure Bacot with her right arm resting on a table, her right hand fingering a necklace that she wears around her neck. A shawl is draped over her right arm and across her lap.