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Maker(s):de Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Favret
Culture:American (1770-1852)
Title:John Thurman
Date Made:1798
Type:Print
Materials:paper, ink
Place Made:United States; New York; New York City
Measurements:Frame: 4 11/16 x 4 11/16 x 15/16 in; 11.9 x 11.9 x 2.4 cm; Sheet: 3 x 3 in; 7.6 x 7.6 cm
Accession Number:  HD 63.017
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. Roger Wentworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Print of John Thurman (1732-1810) of New York in round, black, wooden frame, which is inscribed below the portrait: "St. Memin No. 27 Pine St. N.York." The engraving was done by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) in 1798 after a 1797 drawing by Thomas Bluget De Valdenuit, (1763-1846); there is another copy of the print and the original Valdenuit drawing in the National Portrait Gallery. The typed description attached to the back of the frame reads: "John Thurman, Born N.Y. 1732 at Water & Front St. Purchased 1000 acres on Lake George at $1.00 per. Called it Johnsburg. Raised hundreds of cattle which he supplied to the government in the Revolution. Personel friend of George Washington. 'He met a tragic death having been killed by a ...bull which had always been considered perfectly gentle.' in 1810."

Tags:
portraits

Subjects:
Portraits

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