Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Child: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2414
Date:
1792-1796
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 33.7 x 20 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of child; outline in graphite on paper.
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
