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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Grenville Mellen, 1799 - 1841
Joseph Holt Ingraham, 26 Jan 1809 - 18 Dec 1860
Date
1839
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Lithograph, chalk and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28cm x 21.1cm (11" x 8 5/16")
Topic
Exterior\Landscape\Rural
Silhouette\Cut-out
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Architecture\Building
Grenville Mellen: Male
Grenville Mellen: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Grenville Mellen: Literature\Writer\Poet
Grenville Mellen: Journalism and Media\Journalist
Joseph Holt Ingraham: Male
Joseph Holt Ingraham: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Joseph Holt Ingraham: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Pastor\Rector
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.