Portrait of Annette Ryder Ferris

Description:

Stephen Ferris made this pencil portrait of his son Gerome’s new wife, Annette Ryder Ferris, in 1894. They were married in May of that year. Mrs. Ferris later donated prints, drawings, and photographs that had belonged to her father-in-law and her husband to the Smithsonian in 1932. Gerome Ferris had made an initial donation in 1927.

Date Made: 1894

Original Artist: Ferris, Stephen James

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Portraits

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See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.16651Catalog Number: GA*16651Accession Number: 119,780

Object Name: drawing

Physical Description: paper (overall material)graphite (overall material)Measurements: image: 16.5 cm x 14.5 cm; 6 1/2 in x 5 11/16 insheet: 26 cm x 20.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 8 1/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b290-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1346924

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