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Print (Engraving)
TH: JEFFERSON
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1804-1805
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Draftsman and engraver)
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1957.0586 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0586 A
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
TH: JEFFERSON
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Draftsman and engraver)
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1804-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left (on folded section of paper)
Inscription: S.\t Memin del.\t & sc.\t
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Thomas Jefferson
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Engraving
- Stipple Engraving
- Mezzotint
- Aquatint
- Physiognotrace
- Pantograph
Dimensions (inches)
4.1 (H) x 2.5 (W) x 2.9 (Image H) x 2.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10.3 (H) x 6.4 (W) x 7.3 (Image H) x 5.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements taken at center of image.
Edition Watermark
none
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 216, pp. 321-322.Book: Saunders, Richard H. & Miles, Ellen G. 1987 American Colonial Portraits: 1700-1776.
• See cat. no. 446, pp. 326-27 (Winterthur's engraving not listed.)Book: Miles, Ellen G. 1994 Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America.
• Print listed as cat. no. 446, p. 326.Book: Cunningham, Noble E. 1981 The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye: Portraits for the People 1800-1908.
• See pp. 79-86.Book: Bush, Alfred L. 1962 The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson.
• Print listed as cat. no. 17, pp. 65-67.Article: Rice, Howard C. 1959 "Saint-Memin's Portrait of Jefferson,". Princeton University Library Chronicle. 20: 182-192.