Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 1777
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 7r
Notes:
On list of "Paintings and Drawings done."
A profile portrait of Gates (1727-1806) by Du Simitière was was sent to Paris, where it was engraved with thirteen other profile portraits and published in 1781 in Collection des Portraits des Généraux, Ministres & Magistrats qui se sont rendus célèbres dans la Révolution des Treize Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, plate 6. Du Simitière retained copies of some of the fourteen profiles, which he described as "done in black lead form of a medal for my collection," and may have retained one of Gates. The print from the drawing sent to Paris is pictured here. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, fol. 7r, Library of Congress.
On July 6, 1820, Peale's Museum accessioned "A portrait in lead pencil of H. Gates," given by John Baker "of Shepperds Town Vir." (now Shepherdstown, West Virginia), likely the same drawing. Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 102.
