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The image is a profile portrait showing the upper body of a man identified as Alexander Gibson. He is positioned in profile, facing to the right. The man has distinctively styled hair with tight curls, and his facial features are well-defined with a prominent nose and a firm chin. He is wearing a high-collared garment with a dark coat and a white cravat typical of the early 19th century, suggesting a formal or semi-formal appearance. The background is a simple, neutral tone, accentuating the subject within a circular frame. Below the portrait, "Alexander Gibson" is handwritten in a decorative script.
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The image is a profile portrait showing the upper body of a man identified as Alexander Gibson. He is positioned in profile, facing to the right. The man has distinctively styled hair with tight curls, and his facial features are well-defined with a prominent nose and a firm chin. He is wearing a high-collared garment with a dark coat and a white cravat typical of the early 19th century, suggesting a formal or semi-formal appearance. The background is a simple, neutral tone, accentuating the subject within a circular frame. Below the portrait, "Alexander Gibson" is handwritten in a decorative script.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alexander Gibson

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Date
1808
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
2015.19.1584.44.6
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 mount in black ink by unknown hand: Alexander Gibson.

NGA object ID 215189. 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.