Object Details
- original artist
- Ferris, Stephen James
- Description
- Stephen Ferris drew this pencil portrait of his wife, Elizabeth Anastasia Moran Ferris, in 1878. Ferris probably met Elizabeth through his friendship with her brothers, artists Thomas and Peter Moran. The couple married in 1862. Their son, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, a history painter and etcher, was born in 1863 and their daughter, May Electa Ferris, a landscape painter and etcher, in 1871.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1878
- ID Number
- GA.16649
- catalog number
- GA*16649
- accession number
- 119,780
- 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: 24 cm x 18 cm; 9 7/16 in x 7 1/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Portraits
- Record ID
- nmah_1346995
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a513-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
