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Print, Portrait of a Young Man

This is a Print. It was print maker: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin. It is dated 1796-1798 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper in brown ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 6.9 × 6.4 cm (2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in.) H x W: 10.5 × 10 cm (4 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

"St. Memin No 27 Pine St N York"

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of a Young Man; Print Maker: Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French, 1770 - 1852); France; etching on paper in brown ink; Platemark: 6.9 × 6.4 cm (2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in.) H x W: 10.5 × 10 cm (4 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-9

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