Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Seth Parsons: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2413
Date:
1796
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.4 x 19 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Seth Parsons 7 August 1796"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Seth Parsons 7 August 1796"
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; outline in graphite 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.
