Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Icabod Skinner: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2417
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 32.1 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Icabod Skinner New Haven / 1793 Itinerant Priest"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Icabod Skinner New Haven / 1793 Itinerant Priest"
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.
