Drawing
- Title:
- William Plumer
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1977.026
- Creator:
- Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de
- Place of Origin:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- circa 1806
- Description:
- Portrait of William Plumer (1759-1850) by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint Memin (1770-1852), c. 1806. Charcoal crayon on paper. Bust-length portrait of a man in profile to left. Sitter has black hair brushed forward at the top and sides; he is wearing a black coat with circular buttons and white cravat. Drawn on pink paper. Unsigned. Reverse painted liner on glass, black with gold stripes, gilded gesso pine frame.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24.5 W-20 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from the Ehrich Galleries in 1918 by Walter Jennings. Left to his wife, who in turn bequeathed it to her daughter, Mrs. Henry C. Taylor. Purchased by Hirschl and Adler, New York after exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1968.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Plumer, William
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