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Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930 print view role Collector Artist dates 1863-1930 city Philadelphia state PA other cities Paris, France; sex M historical notes Jean Leon Gerome Ferris was a collector and American Historical painter. Ferris was the son of portrait painter Stephen James Ferris (1835-1915) and he inherited his father’s art collection. J L G Ferris was named after one his father’s most admired artists, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904). Stephen James Ferris’s art collection was given to the Smithsonian (National Museum of American History) by J. L. G. Ferris’s family, between 1927 and 1932. decades of activity 1910-1920 1920-1930 website http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/the-ferris-collection-of-prints updated 03/22/2024 12:09:31 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details National Portrait Gallery Library Smithsonian American Art Museum Artist file: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930 see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Jean Leon Gerome Ferris papers, [ca.1850-] 1979. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Ruel Pardee Tolman papers, 1887-1958. see details... «  back