Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2446
Date:
c. 1800-1825
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
sheet: 5 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 9.8 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 from rectangular 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.
