Object Number 1955.0563 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Caesar Augustus Rodney

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Draftsman and 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

1799-1803

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; ; Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Crayon manner engraved, Engraved, Physiognotrace, Pantograph

Construction Description

Tones achieved by use of roulettes, fine lines etched, and dark lines in coat engraved.

Dimensions (inches)

4 (H) , 3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.16 (H) , 7.62 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements in frame, by sight. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 2.8 in. (7.0 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 2.6 in. (6.6 cm). No measurements in conservation files.

Place of Publication

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

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. 708, p. 382.