Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2513
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out with gold metallic pigment, laid on thin card
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 in. ( 15.6 x 14.9 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 3 5/8 in. ( 9.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; paper cut-out with hair and costume highlighted in gold, mounted under reverse-painted glass with oval window surrounded by black and gold border; rectangular gilded frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
