Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Male Delaware, possibly Montgomery Montour
Object Number:
1860.97
Date:
1806-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and touches of black and white chalk on buff paper, formerly nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 17 in. ( 56.5 x 43.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "essieu (?) Delaware"
inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: "un delaware 1801 fact a Philadelphia"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "indien Delaware" at lower right: "Delaware Indian"
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.