Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2352
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black underlay, and white gouache and black ink
Dimensions:
frame: 6 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 17.1 x 15.9 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine? from beige paper with details of costume painted in white on black underlay; hair painted on margin of cut-out; in oval window of black reverse-painted glass with gold border (eglomise) ; rectangular black-painted wood frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
