John Carlyle Herbert
1807
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin
Artist, French, 1770 - 1852
 
        Artwork overview
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            Mediumcharcoal and pastel on pink prepared paper 
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            Credit Line
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            Dimensionssheet: 53.66 × 40.48 cm (21 1/8 × 15 15/16 in.) 
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            Accession Number2014.136.204 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Carlye Herbert, Washington, DC; William P. Herbert (the sitter's grandson); R. Beverly Herbert, W. Pinkney Herbert, Guy F. Herbert, and Edward Herbert (the sitter's great-grandsons), 1907; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1941
- Exhibition of the Works of Saint-Mémin, Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1941, no. 11 
1978
- Faces of Alexandria, 1749-1849, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, 1978 
1994
- Federal Profiles: Saint-Mémin in America, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1994-1995, no. 36 
Bibliography
1921
- Bolton, Theodore. "Saint-Mémin's Crayon Portraits." Art in America 9, no. 1 (December 1920): p. 166, no. 8 (as Robert Beverly Herbert). 
1923
- Bolton, Theodore. Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons. New York: F.F. Sherman, 1923, p. 66, no. 24 (as Robert Beverly Herbert). 
1942
- Norfleet, Fillmore. Saint-Mémin in Virginia: Portraits and Biographies. Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1942, p. 173. 
1964
- Art Quarterly 27 (1964): p. 387. 
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. 2, no. 11. 
1994
- Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 318, no. 406. 
Wikidata ID
Q64538175 
   
   
  