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This image shows an upper-body profile view of a woman identified as Miss Beekman. She is positioned side-on, facing to the right. Her facial features are delicate, with a straight nose and a slight mouth. Her hair is styled in tight, voluminous curls that frame her face and appear to be tied at the back with more curls cascading down, with a decorative hairpiece. She is dressed in elegant, period-appropriate clothing with a high-collared blouse and a shawl or cape draped over her shoulders, featuring intricate lace and ruffled details at the neck. She is adorned with jewelry, including an ornate earring and a beaded necklace. The background is a simple, dark circular field within which her profile is set, and beneath the image, her name, "Miss Beekman," is inscribed on a contrasting lighter background.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Ann Beekman
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin
- Date
- 1796-1797
- Medium
- mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper
- Dimensions
- image (irregular): 5.56 × 5.56 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.) sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.67 × 6.35 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.19.1584.2.1
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-W
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- Woman
- engraving
- mezzotint
- Profile
Provenance
the artist, Dijon, France; Léon Victor Raoul Leclerc, Vicomte de Juigné (the artist's nephew), Dijon, France, 1852; (Henry Stevens, London, England, c. 1859); William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC, c. 1874; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1875; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Inscription
lower center in plate: St. Memin & Valdenuit No. 11 Fair St. N. York.; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Miss Beekman.
NGA object ID 204761. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.