| Contributor |
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860, artist. |
|
Mote, William Henry, engraver. |
| Title |
Escars, Mary. |
| Alternate title |
Mary Escars / A.E. Chalon, R.A. ; M.H. Mote. |
| Publisher |
[Hartford? : s.n.] |
| Date |
[1847?] |
| Physical description |
1 print : engraving ; 19.3 x 11.7 cm. |
| Description |
Three-quarter portrait of Miss Escars, seated holding handkerchief and spray of flowers in her lap. |
| Notes |
In The American book of beauty, or, Token of friendship (Hartford, 1847?), plate following p. [40]. |
|
Another portrait appears in: Family circle, and parlor annual, 1849 (New York, 1848), plate following p. 148. |
|
Fictitious person? Original sitter identified as the English photographer Catherine Curtis Verschoyle; cf. Heath's Book of
beauty, 1839; and Taylor & Schaaf. Impressed by light: British photographs from paper negatives, 1840–1860 (2007).
|
| Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1840-1849. |
|
Engravings -- 1840-1849. |
| Subject |
Escars, Mary -- Portraits. |
|
Women. |
|
Fictitious characters. |
|
Verschoyle, Catherine Curtis, 1802-1882 -- Portraits. |
