Engraving
- Title:
- Sarah Countess of Rumford
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1979.020.15
- Creator:
- Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)
Artist ; Rauschmayer, Joseph Peter Paul (1758-1815)Engraver - Date:
- 1797
- Description:
- Portrait engraving, Sarah Countess of Rumford, engraving by Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayer (1758-1815), after portrait by Moritz Kellerhoven (1758-1830), 1797. Ink on paper. Oval composition. Stipple engraved bust-length portrait of Sarah Rumford, facing right; head turned toward viewer. Sitter has long dark curly hair, worn down, and a white scarf tied in hair. Wearing a Empire-Style, lace-trimmed white gown. Inscribed under oval in lower margin: "Gemalt von Kellerhofen in Munchen 1797. Gestochen von Rauschmayer." Title lower center: "SARAH COUNTESS OF RUMFORD". Frame maker's label on frame reverse, circular printed label: "BAILEY'S ART STORE, / 92 / NO. MAIN / ST. / FRAMES TO ORDER / Concord, / N.H." Gray mat. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-8.7 W-7 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Sheafe Walker
- People:
- Rumford, Countess, Rauschmayer, Joseph Peter Paul (1758-1815), Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852), Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)
- Subjects:
- Countess Rumford, Thompson, Sarah, Portrait prints, Portraits
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