Collection Highlights
The definitive treaty of peace and friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain : concluded at Paris, the 10th day of February, 1763, to which, the King of Portugal acceded on the same day...
Date:
1763
Object Number:
LIB.Y1763.Tre
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Noah Linsly: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2412
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on front: "A Caricature / Mr Noah Linsly / 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "A Caricature / Mr Noah Linsly / 1793"
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size(?) right facing profile of male subject; ink wash within graphite outline on paper with handwritten inscription 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.
