Object Number 1975.0503

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Patience Story Wescott

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Engraver)
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

United States, North America

Date

1970-1975

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; Drawn & engr.\d by S.\t Memin Philadel.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Physiognotrace, Pantograph

Dimensions (inches)

5.6 (H) , 4.1 (W) , 2.4 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.3 (H) , 10.3 (W) , 2.4 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 2.8 in. (7.0 cm). Plate W: 2.6 in. (6.6 cm). Chain interval and laid lines per cm not measured.

State

Modern restrike

Watermark

Center (sideways): "WHATMAN/ 1794"

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. 938, p. 428.