Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2521
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, gouache, and black ink and wash, laid on card
Dimensions:
frame: 11 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 29.5 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 9 3/8 in. ( 23.8 cm )
Marks:
stenciled: lower left: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Inscriptions:
Stamped at lower left in gray ink: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out with hair and details of costume in grey, mounted on beige paper with wash used to indicate ground plane; rectangular wood frame (not orginal to object).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
