Portrait of Elizabeth Moran Ferris

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Object Details

original artist

Ferris, Stephen James

Description

Stephen Ferris drew this pencil portrait of his wife, Elizabeth Anastasia Moran Ferris, in 1878. Ferris probably met Elizabeth through his friendship with her brothers, artists Thomas and Peter Moran. The couple married in 1862. Their son, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, a history painter and etcher, was born in 1863 and their daughter, May Electa Ferris, a landscape painter and etcher, in 1871.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1878

ID Number

GA.16649

catalog number

GA*16649

accession number

119,780

Object Name

drawing

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

graphite (overall material)

Measurements

image: 15 cm x 12.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 15/16 in

sheet: 24 cm x 18 cm; 9 7/16 in x 7 1/16 in

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Ferris Collection

Communications

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Portraits

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a513-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1346995