Engraving
- Title:
- Judge Sherburne
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1910.008.02
- Creator:
- Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de
- Place of Origin:
- Washington, DC
- Date:
- 1805
- Description:
- Portrait of John Samuel Sherburne (1757-1830), by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin (1770-1852), 1805. Bust-length profile in circle printed on white paper. Wearing dark doubled breasted jacket with large circular buttons, white shirt and collar with hair pulled back in cloth bow. Titled "JUDGE SHERBURNE" below circle. Written on paper reverse in pencil: "Judge Sherbourne" (sic). Originally in frame with following text written on backing paper (now in accession file): "This portrait of Judge Sherburne is a fine / specimen of the work of ST. Memin, and was / given to James Rindge Stanwood January 13, 1893, / by Miss Louise H. Thacher. / JOHN SAMUEL SHERBURNE, son of John and Elizabeth (Moffat) Sherburne, born in Portsmouth, 1757, and died there Augt. 2, 1830...", with description of his service in the Revolution and in Congress, and as a U.S. District Court judge. Matted. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.55 W-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Given to donor by Louise H. Thacher, Jan. 13, 1893.
John Samuel Sherburne (1757-1830) represented New Hampshire in Congress, 1793-1797. He was also United States district attorney, 1801-1804, and judge of the United States District Court of the District of New Hampshire, 1804-1830. - Credit Line:
- Gift of James Rindge Stanwood, In Memory of Jacob Wendell
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