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NH 958 Saint Memin Collection

Saint Memin Collection
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Title: Saint Memin Collection
Caption: Engravings done by Charles Saint-Memin, a Frenchman, who traced the profile of a sitter on pink paper with black crayon, reduced this by use of pantograph, then engraved with graver and roulette. One collection is held in the Corcoran Gallery; another in the Library of Congress. Portrait subjects, from top left: General Benjamin Smith; Dr. Alexander Baron; King Miles; John Moncreif; Nathaniel Heyward, Jr.; Neil Mac-Neal; Hugh Nelson; Destouches; Captain Mac-Neal; John G. Barnwell; John Dawson; and Thomas Cochran. Portraits from 1808-1809.
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Catalog #: NH 958
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Engravings by Charles Saint-Memin.
After this Year: 1800
Before this Year: 1809
Original Medium: BW Photo, Engravings
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