Details
Contributor Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852 engraver.
Title Governor Clinton. [graphic] / St. Memin, No. 27 Pine St., N. York.
Publisher [United States]
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver on cardboard mount ; mount 7 x 10 cm (2.5 x 3.75 in.); image 7 x 8 cm (2.5 x 3 in.)
Description Photographic reproduction of the 1797 portrait engraving made by St. Memin of George Clinton. Bust-length, right profile portrait of Clinton attired in a neckerchief, waistcoat, and jacket. George Clinton was governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and 1801 to 1804. He served as Vice President from 1805 to 1812.
Is referenced by Elaine Mile. Saint-Mémin and the neoclassical profile portrait in America (Washington D.C. : National Portrait Gallery, 1994), entry #174.
Notes Title from manuscript note written under image: Governor Clinton.
Date inferred from photographic medium.
Gift of David Doret.
Subject Clinton, George, 1739-1812 -- Portraits.
Governors -- New York (State) -- Portraits.
Men -- Portraits.
Genre Portrait photographs -- 1890-1900.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Reproductions -- 1890-1900.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| misc. photo - portraits - miscellaneous [P.2010.6.35]
Accession number P.2010.6.35