Engraving
- Title:
- Sarah Countess of Rumford
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2020.004.16
- Creator:
- Rauschmayer, Joseph Peter Paul (1758-1815)
Engraver ; Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)Artist - Date:
- 1797
- Description:
- Engraving of Sarah Thompson (1774-1852), Countess Rumford, by Joseph Peter Paul Rauschmayer (1758-1815), from an original painting by Moritz Kellerhoven (1758-1830), 1797. Bust-length portrait of Sarah Thompson printed in oval. "Gemahlt von Kellerhofon in München 1797. Gestochen von Rauschmayr." printed in script around bottom edge of portrait. Cut from sheet titled "SARAH COUNTESS OF RUMFORD" (see 1979.020.15). Removed from oval gilded wood frame, c. 1860. "Mary Long Gilman / Grade 5 R. F. S." handwritten in ink on remnant of paper backing.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4 W-3.3 inches
- Provenance:
- The engravings of Benjamin Thompson and Sarah Thompson (2020.004.15-16) probably belonged to Mary Long Gilman (1860-1917), daughter of Joseph T. and Mary E. (Gray) Gilman of Exeter, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- Subjects:
- Thompson, Sarah
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