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The image shows a profile portrait of an individual facing left. The person is seated upright in a formal position with short, wavy hair tied back with a ribbon. The individual has a prominent nose, subtle lips, and a composed expression. They wear traditional 18th-century clothing, including a high-collared shirt, cravat, and a dark coat with a visible button near the collar. The background features a simple circular frame with text below identifying the person as "Benjamin Ives Gilman" and the engraver as "S. Minmin Philadel."
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The image shows a profile portrait of an individual facing left. The person is seated upright in a formal position with short, wavy hair tied back with a ribbon. The individual has a prominent nose, subtle lips, and a composed expression. They wear traditional 18th-century clothing, including a high-collared shirt, cravat, and a dark coat with a visible button near the collar. The background features a simple circular frame with text below identifying the person as "Benjamin Ives Gilman" and the engraver as "S. Minmin Philadel."

National Gallery of Art · Print

Benjamin Ives Gilman

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Date
1801
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): 6.83 × 6.19 cm (2 11/16 × 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.1584.19.12
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • engraving
  • mezzotint
  • Man
  • 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: Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philadela.; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Math. Denman. / Benjamin Ives Gilman

NGA object ID 214653. 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.