Object Number 1957.1140 A

Object Name

Pastel (Portrait)

Title

Horace Hampton Edwards

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

Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1807-1808

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Pastel; Graphite; Paper (laid); Chalk

Techniques

Drawn, Physiognotrace

Dimensions (inches)

23.62 (H) , 17.25 (W) , 23.6 (Image W) , 17.25 (Repeat Height)

Dimensions (centimeters)

60 (H) , 43.81 (W) , 23.6 (Image W) , 43.81 (Repeat Height)

Measurement Notes

Irregular and difficult to measure. H at left. W taken 2" from top. Chain lines: If laid intervals: 2.8 cm, 8-9 laid lines per cm. Measurements of strainers: H (at left) 23.5 in. (59.69 cm); W (at bottom) 17.0 in. (43.18 cm).

Watermark

none found

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Miles, Ellen G. 1994 Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America.
• Published as cat. no. 300, p. 297.
[Book] Bolton, Theodore. Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons.
• see p. 62-70
[Book] Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of pastelists before 1800.
• see pages p. 477-478
[Book] Fillmore, Norfleet. Saint-Mémin in Virginia : portraits and biographies illustrated with reproductions of fifty-six crayon portraits and one hundred and forty-two engravings by Saint-Mémin.
• This piece identified p.160
[Book] National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Delaware. Portraits in Delaware, 1700-1850 : a check list.
• This piece identified p. 30