Collection Highlights
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript
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Thomas S. Newlin: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2563f
Date:
1822
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black textile underlay, laid on a page in an album containing 6 silhouettes and 12 blank folios
Dimensions:
image height: 2 15/16 in. ( 7.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription in ink: below bust: "Thomas S. Newlin. / March 1822."
Inscriptions:
Album page inscribed at lower center below silhouette in brown ink: "Thomas S. Newlin. / March 1822."
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from cream paper with black textile backing; mounted in album containing a total of six silhouettes.
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund, 1943
Provenance:
possibly Peale's Museum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
