Object Number 1965.3072.001 A

Object Name

Pastel (Portrait)

Title

Gilbert Rodman

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Artist)
03/12/1770-06/23/1852
References: Ellen G. Miles, Sain-Memin/ and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Insitution Press, 1994).

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1799-1803

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Chalk; Graphite; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Drawn, Physiognotrace

Dimensions (inches)

21.75 (H) , 16.19 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

55.24 (H) , 41.11 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 3.2-3.3 cm; 7-8 laid lines per cm. No image measurements in conservation files.

Watermark

difficult to tell

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Miles, Ellen G. 1994 Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America.
• See cat. no. 756, pp. 391-2 (Winterthur's drawings are listed, but not the engravings, 65.3073.1-.2.)
[Article] Richardson, Edgar P. 1969 Allen Smith, Collector and Benefactor. American Art Journal. 1 (2): 5-19.
• Published: p. 6. N.B. this article was published before the mis-identification of the subject was determined.