BIB_ID
209171
Accession number
MA 153.3
Creator
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Published
[1813]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Noted on item, in pencil: Presented to Dr. H.H. Van Vleck, by the widow ... and by him given to me. Benjamin Ray March 1873.
7 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (181 x 235 mm.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Noted on secondary sheet, in pencil, at top: Original portrait of himself by Fulton - It was given by Fulton's widow to Dr. H.H. Van Vleck and by him to Benjamin Ray.
Provenance
Given by Fulton's widow to Dr. H.H. Van Vleck and by him to Benjamin Ray; from the Hellman Collection; purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909.
Summary
Three-quarters length self-portrait of Robert Fulton, seated with arms crossed, facing left, smoking.
Medium
Pencil on paper.
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