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Portrait of Gerome Ferris

American History Museum

Drawing by Stephen James Ferris - Portrait of Jean Leon Gerome Ferris at 31
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Object Details

original artist

Ferris, Stephen James

Description

Stephen Ferris drew this pencil portrait of his son Gerome as a Christmas present for his new daughter-in-law, Annette Ryder Ferris, in 1894. Gerome and Annette were married in May of that year.
In 1927 Gerome Ferris made the first donation to the Smithsonian of prints, drawings, and photographs that he and his father had collected, and his widow made a second donation in 1932.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

Christmas, 1894
1894

ID Number

GA.16656

catalog number

GA*16656

accession number

119780

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: 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 5/16 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Portraits

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-9a8e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1348019

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