Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Count de Munn: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2429
Date:
1802-1825
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black underlay
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "PEALE"
inscribed: on back: "Count de Munn"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "PEALE"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Count de Munn"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper. Loose, black paper backing added later.
Credit Line:
Gift of the children of Henry A. Stimson, through Miss Dorothy Stimson, 1942
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
