Painting

Title:

Charles Lefebvre

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1946.018.22 b

Creator:

Lefebvre, Charles Francis Robert (1813-1855)

Date:

1842

Description:

Miniature portrait of Charles Francis Robert Lefebvre (1813-1855), original artist unknown; copied by Charles Lefebvre from an 1818 portrait; 1842. Watercolor on paperboard. Bust-length view of boy facing slightly right of center with eyes turned toward viewer. Wearing a light gray-green suit with large, ruffled, white collar. Red hair; gray-green eyes. Light blue-gray hatched background. Pencil inscription on reverse: "C.L. aged five / 1818 Copied [illegible]." Ink inscription on backing paper, written by Emma G. Burgum: "Charles Robert / Lefebvre aged five / years copied by himself in 1842 / son of Count / Rumford and Victoire Lefebvre / Madame Arntin [?] / born August 13 / 1813 Kill at / Sevastopol. / July 1917". In oval, stamped brass frame, glazed.

Material:

Paper
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-4.5 W-3.25 inches

Provenance:

Portrait probably brought to America by Emma and the Countess Rumford in 1845.
Sarah Thompson (Countess Rumford) was the subject's half-sister. Countess Rumford's adopted daughter, Emma Gannell (1826-1923) married John Burgum (1826-1907), and were grandparents of the donor, Edwin Berry Burgum.

Credit Line:

The Edwin G. Burgum Collection

People:

Lefebvre, Charles Francis Robert (1813-1855), Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814), Rumford, Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852)

Subjects:

Lefebvre, Charles, Portrait miniatures, Boys