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Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.55
Medium:
Paper, linen backing
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Charles West Thomson (1798-1879): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2508
Date:
1843
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, graphite, and white gouache, laid on yellow prepared paper with lithographic background and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 15 x 12 x 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm )
image: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 27.6 x 20 cm )
Marks:
inscription, signature and date: lower left: "Presented to Chs. West Thomson Esqr. / by his obed't. serv't. / Aug'st Edouart / Philadelphia 10th Jan'ry 1843."
inscription: on paper affixed to back: "Silhouette of Charles West Thomson / Author and Poet /
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink: "Presented to Chs. West Thoms Esqr. / by his obidt. servt. / Aug.st Edouart / Philadelphia 10th. Janry. 1843."
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out on yellow paper with lithographed view of a writer's study; table with inkstand and bookshelves in the background at the right, and churchyard visible through large window at the left; hinged onto to brown decorative wove paper; rectangular wooden frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
