American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Provenance:

The Collection of Robert K. and Joy Lewis, Sag Harbor, New York.

Literature:

Ellen G. Miles, Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (1994) pg. 316, fig. 397.

Note:

In 1800, the date of this engraving, Harrison was serving as the congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory. Elected President in 1840, he died in office serving only a month from his inauguration-March 4 to April 4, 1841.