Nelson Mathewson

1839

William Sidney Mount

Associated Names
William Sidney Mount

Artist, American, 1807 - 1868

The image shows a sketch of a man from the waist up, facing forward. He has a full, oval face with dark eyes and a slight smile. His hair is wavy, parted on the side, and framing his face with curls. He is dressed in a jacket, waistcoat, high-collared shirt, and a cravat or bow tie. The background is plain, focusing on the subject. The artist's signature and the year 1839 are visible below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.2 × 19.5 cm (9 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.90

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 42.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: By Wm. S. Mount Del. / 1839.; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: S.A. Mound [?] / by Wm Sidney Mount 1839 / from The WS Mount House / Stray Brook L1 / # [...] 2nd from Drawing Award / purchase 1940 from H Mon Blond [?]; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 20 (circled); lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 8 (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64639413

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