Object Number 1991.0040

Object Name

Tool (for fine art) (Copperplate)

Title

John Moore White

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

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

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

Date

1798-1803

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada. [in reverse].

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Copper

Techniques

Etched, Crayon manner engraved, Engraved, Physiognotrace, Pantograph

Construction Description

Tones achieved by use of roulettes and rockers; fine lines etched.

Dimensions (inches)

2.6 (H) , 2.5 (W) , 2.2 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.5 (H) , 6.4 (W) , 2.2 (Image H) , 2.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Miles, Ellen G. 1994 Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America.
• Print and copperplate listed as cat. no. 945, p.429.