Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Lewis G. Stansburgh (1776-1810): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2391
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black textile underlay, and black ink
Dimensions:
frame: 5 x 5 x 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm )
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: on paper affixed to back: "Lewis G. Stansburgh[?] / Born / August 28 1776 / Died / June 8 1810."
inscribed in pencil: on back: "Taught school / 49 Chatham St. . . . 03"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in brown ink and graphite: "Taught school / 49 Chatham St. 1803 / Lewis G. Stansburgh / Born / August 28th 1776 / Died / June 8 1810."
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black underlay and hair drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; mounted under reverse-painted glass with black-bordered octagonal window, in circular wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of E. H. Sauer, 1921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
