Museum Object Number1991.0040 |
Tool (for fine art) (Copperplate)
John Moore White
Tools
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Engraver)
References: Ellen G. Miles, Sain-Memin/ and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Insitution Press, 1994).
03/12/1770
06/23/1852
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1798-1803
1. Inscription; Lower center; Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada. [in reverse].
Portrait
Copper
Etched, Crayon manner engraved, Engraved, Physiognotrace, Pantograph
Tones achieved by use of roulettes and rockers; fine lines etched.
2.6 (H) , 2.5 (W) , 2.2 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)
6.5 (H) , 6.4 (W) , 2.2 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom.
Text available soon.
[Book] Miles, Ellen G. 1994 Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America.
• Print and copperplate listed as cat. no. 945, p.429.