Object Details
graphic artist
Ferris, Stephen James
Description
Stephen James Ferris etched an undated portrait of his daughter, May, in the costume of a bull fighter, and dedicated this impression to her. May Electa Ferris was born in 1871, eight years after her brother, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris. Like her father and brother, she was an artist. She learned to etch from her father and became known as an etcher and landscape painter, exhibiting in the 1880s and 1890s. Her paintings were reproduced as calendar artwork into the 1920s under her married name, May Ferris Smith.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
date made
c. 1890
ID Number
GA.14405.01
accession number
94830
catalog number
14405.01
Object Name
print
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
image: 17.5 cm x 11 cm; 6 7/8 in x 4 5/16 in
plate: 20 cm x 16 cm; 7 7/8 in x 6 5/16 in
sheet: 43.5 cm x 30 cm; 17 1/8 in x 11 13/16 in
place presumably made
Spain
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Ferris Collection
Communications
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1001702