Portrait of Abigail Dean
- Description
- In 1875 on a visit to Rock Island, Illinois, Stephen Ferris sketched his niece Abigail (or Abbie) in pencil. Abbie was one of five siblings in the family of Ferris’s sister, Althea Ferris Dean. Abbie continued to live in Rock Island, remained single, and taught school. In one census, she was listed as a drawing teacher. Ferris himself taught for many years at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- date made
- 1875-08-05
- 1875
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 10 cm x 8 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in
- sheet: 18 cm x 12 cm; 7 1/16 in x 4 3/4 in
- support: 26 cm x 17 cm; 10 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in
- ID Number
- GA*16684
- catalog number
- GA*16684
- accession number
- 119,780
- subject
- Art
- Communications
- Portraits
- Ferris Collection
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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