Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2351
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 16.5 x 14 x 1.9 cm )
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: on label affixed to back of frame: "An old / New Yorker"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "An old / New Yorker"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; image hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black underlay; hair drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; in octagonal window of black reverse-painted glass with gold border; oval wood frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
