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Pastel (Portrait)
Horace Hampton Edwards
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807-1808
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Artist)
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pastel
- Graphite
- Paper (laid)
- Chalk
Museum Object Number
1957.1140 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1140 A
Object Name
Pastel (Portrait)
Title
Horace Hampton Edwards
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (Artist)
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1807-1808
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Pastel
- Graphite
- Paper (laid)
- Chalk
Techniques
- Drawn
- Physiognotrace
Dimensions (inches)
23.62 (H) x 17.25 (W) x 23.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
60 (H) x 43.81 (W) x 60 (Image W)
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).
Edition Watermark
none found
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. 62-70Book: Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of pastelists before 1800.
• see pages p. 477-478Book: 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.160Book: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Delaware. Portraits in Delaware, 1700-1850 : a check list.
• This piece identified p. 30