File:George Henry Remsen.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

George_Henry_Remsen.jpg(450 × 588 pixels, file size: 96 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

William Verstille: George Henry Remsen  wikidata:Q19925024 reasonator:Q19925024
Artist
William Verstille (American, 1755-1803)
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of George Henry Remsen
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: George Henry Remsen, member of a prominent New York City mercantile family settled in New Amsterdam since its earliest days. Miniature painted by William Verstille (1757–1803), who began his career during the American Revolution by painting miniatures of fellow soldiers. Verstille later learned some of his technique from the painter and miniaturist John Ramage. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date circa 1790
date QS:P571,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor on ivory
medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q82001,P518,Q861259
(miniature)
Dimensions height: 4.8 cm (1.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 3.7 cm (1.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+4.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+3.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mini/ho_68.222.10.htm

Licensing[edit]

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:10, 23 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 07:10, 23 March 2010450 × 588 (96 KB)MarmadukePercy (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Miniature in watercolor on ivory of George Henry Remsen, member of a prominent New York City mercantile family settled in New Amsterdam since its earliest days. Miniature painted by William Verstille (1757–1803), wh

File usage on other wikis

Metadata