Artist
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin(French, 1770–1852)French, 1770–1852
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Portrait of Paul Revere, Jr. (1735–1818)
Date1800
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumMezzotint on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 2 3/16 in. diameter (5.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 3 in. (8.6 × 7.6 cm)
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 3 in. (8.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins
Object numberB.84.1
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
ProvenancePaul Revere, Jr. (1735–1818), Boston; given to his son, Paul Revere (1760–1813); given to George Revere; given to George Brigham Revere; given to George Otis Revere; given to Herbert Revere; given to Paul Revere; [Bland Gallery, New York, 1951]; [Christie’s, New York, sale 5484, January 21, 1984, lot 84]; purchased by MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: Drawn & engrd.[d superscript with period[.] underneath] by St.[t superscript with period [.] underneath] Memin Philada..[a superscript with two periods [..] underneath]
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