Self-Portrait

Painting

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Drexel Founding Collection

#2003.001.0003, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2017

#2003.001.0003, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2017

Name/Title

Self-Portrait

Entry/Object ID

2003.001.0003

Category

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

2003.001

Source or Donor

Drexel Family

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchased with funds from Drexel Family Descendants

Notes

Source: Pook & Pook

Made/Created

Artist

Francis Martin Drexel

Date made

circa 1817

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Label: Verso, top inner frame, right side, “pook/&/pook/Inc/241”, white sticker label, text printed in black ink and pink marker. Label: Verso, left inner frame, "907", white sticker label, black ink Label: Verso, right inner frame, "907", white sticke

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

24 in

Width

18-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

14 in

Exhibitions

Stories in Self-Portraits
Practical & Cultural: The Drexel Collection as Teaching Tool
Francis Martin Drexel 1792-1863: An Artist Turned Banker

General Notes

Note Type

Artist’s Intent Note

Note

Francis Martin Drexel 1792-1863 studied painting in Italy then immigrated to Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as a traveling portrait painter until entering the banking industry and founding Drexel & Co, where J.P. Morgan worked as a junior partner. His son founded Drexel University. References Francis Martin Drexel. Louisiana State Museum. (n.d.).from https://www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-state-museum/collections/visual-art/artists/francis-martin-drexel