Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2514
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, gold metallic pigment, laid on card, with black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 12 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 30.8 x 20.6 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: lower left: "TAKEN AT / THE HUBARD / GALLERY" (inside oval)
typewritten label: affixed to back of frame: "Unidentified / Silhouette"
printed label: affixed to back of frame: "MAX W[ILLI]AMS / 538 MADISON AVE / BET / 54 & 55 ST / NEW YORK"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower left: "TAKEN AT / THE HUBARD / GALLERY"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in right-facing profile; free-hand black paper cut-out with highlights in gold, affixed to cream paper with wash to indicate ground plane; rectangular gilded frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
