Object Number 2001.0036 A

Object Name

Pastel (Portrait)

Title

Portrait of a Man

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of John A. and Judith Carpenter Herdeg in memory of Donald Fell and Louise Coolidge Carpenter

Creator (Role)

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (Artist)
1772-1848

Place of Origin

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Maine, New England, United States, North America

Date

1828-1835

Materials

Pastel; Graphite; Paper

Techniques

Drawn, Cut

Construction Description

It is possible that Bascomb used a physiognotrace to aid her in making profiles.

Dimensions (inches)

18 (H) , 14.4 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.72 (H) , 36.576 (W)

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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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