Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2527
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and graphite
Dimensions:
frame: 5 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in. ( 13.7 x 11 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 2 13/16 in. ( 7.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with hand-coated black wove paper backing; details of costume drawn in graphite on margins of cut-out; rectangular wood frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
