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Self-Portrait [recto]

c. 1830s

Seth Wells Cheney

Associated Names

Seth Wells Cheney

Artist, American, 1810 - 1856

The image displays a portrait of a person with shoulders and head visible, centrally framed. The individual faces straight, with a direct gaze, delicate facial features, including a rounded face and full lips. They have shoulder-length wavy hair framing their face. The person wears a high-collared coat and a cravat. The background is plain and lightly textured.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)
Dimensions

sheet: 17.46 × 17.15 cm (6 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.897.a

Young Woman [verso]

Seth Wells Cheney

1830

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Cheney Family; Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 9, no. 60.

Wikidata ID

Q64630853

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