Object Details
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Description
- Stephen Ferris drew this pencil portrait of his son Gerome as a Christmas present for his new daughter-in-law, Annette Ryder Ferris, in 1894. Gerome and Annette were married in May of that year.
- In 1927 Gerome Ferris made the first donation to the Smithsonian of prints, drawings, and photographs that he and his father had collected, and his widow made a second donation in 1932.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Christmas, 1894
- 1894
- ID Number
- GA.16656
- catalog number
- GA*16656
- accession number
- 119780
- Object Name
- drawing
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- graphite (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 15 cm x 12.5 cm; 5 7/8 in x 4 15/16 in
- sheet: 26.5 cm x 18.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 7 5/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Record ID
- nmah_1348019
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-9a8e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
