Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Portrait of James Ashton Bayard, Sr. (1767–1815)

Portrait of James Ashton Bayard, Sr. (1767–1815)

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Portrait of James Ashton Bayard, Sr. (1767–1815)
ArtistFrench, 1770–1852
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait of James Ashton Bayard, Sr. (1767–1815)
Datec. 1801
PlacePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumMezzotint on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 2 3/16 in. diameter (5.6 cm)
 Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2in. (11.4 × 11.4cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mrs. David Bland in memory of Frankie Maud Murphy Aves
Object numberB.77.20
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionJames Ashton Bayard served as both a congressman and a senator from Delaware. This engraved portrait is by Charles Balthazar-Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a former French military officer who fled to the United States in the wake of the French Revolution and soon established himself as a portrait artist, specializing in small-engraved profiles.
ProvenanceMrs. David Bland, Houston; given to MFAH, 1977.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below image: Drawn & engravd.[d superscript with period[.] underneath] by St.[t superscript with period [.] underneath] Memin Philadela.[a superscript with period [.] underneath]
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