Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2443
Date:
1802-1825
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper, folded into thirds to create three identical cut-out silhouettes
Dimensions:
image height: 5 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 13 x 10.5 cm )
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "PEALE'S MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "PEALE'S MUSEUM", below a spread eagle
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from tri-folded sheet of cream paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of the children of Henry A. Stimson, through Miss Dorothy Stimson, 1942
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
