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Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.178,   © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Possibly Jonathan Brace
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.178, © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Possibly Jonathan Brace

Date1793-1814
MediumEngraving; printers ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 2 5/16 x 2 5/16in. (5.9 x 5.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 3/4 x 4 13/16in. (12.1 x 12.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionProfile portrait of a man wearing a high collared jacket and a shirt with a ruflled front. He may be wearing a wig.
Object number2011.63.178
InscribedOn verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesDate Note: Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin was only active in America from 1793 to 1814. (Ruocco, 03/31/12)

Subject Note: Though it isn't clear who the man in the portrait is, it is known that Saint-Memin did a portrait of Jonathan Brace. So far it has not been possible to find a portrait of Brace of compare with this one. (Ruocco, 04/6/12)
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mary W. Edwards, 1981.140.10  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin
    1798-1803
    Museum purchase, 1963.80.3  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    E. MacKenzie
    mid 19th century
    Governor Marshall Jewell (1825-1883)
    Charles Cyprian Strong II
    1870-1880
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.50.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
    Charles Kennedy Burt
    1825
    Hamburgh Cove, Lyme, Connecticut
    Charles De Wolf Brownell
    1860
    Gift of Horace Learned and Mrs. Frank W. Crocker, 1979.25.11, Connecticut Museum of Culture and…
    Charles Cheney
    about 1840
    East Hartford, Connecticut
    Charles De Wolf Brownell
    3 November 1862
    Elm, East Hartford, Connecticut
    Charles De Wolf Brownell
    1862
    Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1956.1.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
    Charles De Wolf Brownell
    1857