Museum Object Number2001.0036 A |
Pastel (Portrait)
Portrait of a Man
Works on Paper
Gift of John A. and Judith Carpenter Herdeg in memory of Donald Fell and Louise Coolidge Carpenter
Ruth Henshaw Bascom (Artist)
1772
1848
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Maine, New England, United States, North America
1828-1835
Pastel; Graphite; Paper
Drawn, Cut
It is possible that Bascomb used a physiognotrace to aid her in making profiles.
18 (H) , 14.4 (W)
45.72 (H) , 36.576 (W)
none
Text available soon.
[Article] Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1981 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: Itinerant Portraitist. Worchester Art Museum Bulletin. 5: 57-65.
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[Article] Reutlinger, Dagmar E. 1976 American folk art: two groups of family portaits by Ruth Henshaw Bascomb and Erastus Salisbury Field. Worchester Art Museum Bulletin. 3: 1-12.
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[Article] Dawson, Susanne M & Barger, M Susan. 1986 Painted on Frances' Copy: Profiles of Ruth Henshaw Bascomb. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine.
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[Article] Avigad, Lois S. 1987 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: a youthful viewpoint. The Clarion. 12 (Fall 1987): 35-41.
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[Article] Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1984 Ruth Henshaw Bascomb: Itinerant Portraitist, in Dublin Seminar for New England Folk Life. 1984. Annual Proceedings (Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife). 190-210.
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[Thesis] Fouratt, Mary Eileen. 1980 Ruth Henshaw Bascom: New England portraitist. College of the Holy Cross
• Fouratt went by the name Mary Eileen Egan when this thesis was published.
[Article] Jatcko, Sara A. & Ebel, Sarah C. 2009 "American Portraits in Pastel". Antiques and Fine Art. IX (3): 206-208.
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