Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Dr. Nathan Webb (d. 1795): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2419
Date:
1792
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. ( 32.1 x 19.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Doctor Nathan Webb New York / 1792 Died of the yellow fever / in the fall of 1795"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Doctor Nathan Webb New York / 1792 Died of the yellow fever / in the fall of 1795"
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
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.
