Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Luce Center
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2459
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Black ink with touches of white gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 10.8 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription in pencil: on back: "Alexander Hamilton"
embossed: below bust: "BACHE'S PATENT"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "BACHE'S PATENT"; verso inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "Alexander Hamilton"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of Alexander Hamilton in left-facing profile; cut-out silhouette with ink details and shading; on rectangular sheet of cream paper .
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
