Drawing
- Title:
- Paul Revere
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1995.582.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1826
- Description:
- Portrait of Paul Revere (1735-1818), unknown artist, c. 1826. Pastel crayon on paper. Oval composition mounted on a vertical rectangle. Profile portrait of a man facing right. Short gray hair, black coat with high collar, and white cravat. Black background. Copy of the drawing and engraving, Paul Revere, by Saint Memin, 1800. Pencil inscription on wood backing: "This picture is a copy of a / picture of Paul Revere / given to Elizabeth Lincoln, / grand daughter of Paul / Revere. / Elizabeth Lincoln, daughter of Jedediah Lincoln / [ illegible ] / May 28, 1826". Paper label from NHHS (removed, in object file): " Copied from the picture of Paul Revere - / given to Elizabeth Lincoln, grand-daugh- / ter of Paul Revere. Elizabeth Lincoln / was the daughter of Jedediah Lincoln / formerly of Boston, Mass. " Gilded paint over molded wood frame; blue mat with gilded paper interior.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.625 W-7.75 inches
- Credit Line:
- Found in Collection
- People:
- Revere, Paul (1734-1818), Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de (1770-1852), Lincoln, Elizabeth (1805-1828)
- Subjects:
- Portrait drawings, Revere, Paul
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