Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eleanor Ramsay: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2434
Date:
1790-1840
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay
Dimensions:
image height: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
sheet: 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 5.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription in ink: on back: "Eleanor Ramsay"
inscription in pencil: on back: "Mrs. FitzWilliam / mother of . . . [?]"
inscription in pencil: on paper found with object: "CRUGER FAMILY"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center in brown ink: "Eleanor Ramsay"; below in graphite: "Mrs. FitzWilliam[?] / Mother of [illegible]"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from oval piece of cream paper with roughly rectangular black paper backing.
Credit Line:
Schell Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
