Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2475
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with graphite
Dimensions:
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
sheet: 3 7/8 x 3 5/16 in. ( 9.8 x 8.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject hollow-cut by machine from lightweight cream paper; detail of costume drawn in graphite on margin of cut-out.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Ollive Mabbott, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
