Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2520
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and graphite
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 1 in. ( 15.9 x 14.3 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 3 3/8 in. ( 8.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription in pencil: on back of frame: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."
inscription in graphite: on verso of secondary support: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."
inscription in graphite: verso, LL margin of
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from brown paper, backed with brown paper backing with black square drawn in ink; profiles of hair and costume filled in with black ink; details of shirtfront in graphite; gilded rectangular frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
