Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Luce Center
Profile of Luisita, a Young Girl, Reading
Object Number:
1953.247
Date:
1807
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 13 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right, ink: "Luisita 7bre/1807"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Luisita. 7bre 1807 --"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
This is a profile of a seated girl, reading.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
