Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)
Classification:
Date:
1833
Medium:
Colored chalk, pastel, and touches of black crayon on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. ( 45.4 x 34.9 cm )
mat: 24 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. ( 61.6 x 44.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Purchase, Louis Durr Fund
Object Number:
1935.101
Marks:
inscription: lower right, on mat: "1807 Nathaniel Parker Willis-1870/(American Poet + Author 1833/by/Samuel Laurence, London/1811-1884"
Inscriptions:
Old mat no longer extant reportedly inscribed: "1807 Nathaniel Parker Willis -- 1870 / (American Poet & Author) 1833 / by / Samuel Laurence, London / 1811-1884"
Gallery Label:
A native of Portland, Maine, the subject eventually settled in New York where he pursued a literary career. In 1831 the editor of the New York "Mirror" sent him to tour Europe and write about his experiences. The letters, later collected in "Pencillings by the Way" (1844), made Willis a literary celebrity by the time he returned. This portrait was drawn while Willis was in England in 1834-36.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
43084
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Rampatnam Williams (1886-1965)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and charcoal on heavy yellow watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. ( 64.1 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.231
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
A subject, a noted chemist and nutritionist, was born in Nellore, India, the son of Baptist missionaries. He sought to develop a high grade of rubber for use under water, which led to his appointment in 1925 as chemical director of Bell Telephone Laboratories. Pursuing his interest in nutrition, in 1933, in collaboration with Robert Waterman, he succeeded in isolating and synthesizing vitamin B1 or thiamin.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
43078
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lilly Brown: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2634a
Dimensions:
image height: 9 3/4 in. ( 24.8 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of beige paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Object Number:
Z.2634b
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "Lilly Brown"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in brown ink: "Lilly Brown"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2632b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2632a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "Miss Augusta Hadley"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Miss Augusta Hadley "
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Woman (Mlle. Myraguet or Miss Haines?): Silhouette
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of light brown paper.
Object Number:
Z.2627
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Unidentified / Ca[n] this be Miss Henrietta B. Haines? MGRW"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Unidentified 29 / Can this be Miss Henrietta B. Haines?"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss E. Young: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2625b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/8 in. ( 23.2 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 19 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2625a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "E Young"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "E. Young"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss J. Crichton: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2624b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of beige paper.
Object Number:
Z.2624a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "J. Crichton"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "J. Crichton"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss M. Kershaw: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2620a
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Object Number:
Z.2620b
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "M Kershaw"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "M. Kershaw"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Scott: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper; on verso silhouette Z.2618b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 3/8 in. ( 23.8 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of light brown paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Object Number:
Z.2618a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "Miss Scott"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Miss Scott"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43026
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss H. Dater: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2617b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 3/4 in. ( 24.8 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Object Number:
Z.2617a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "H Dater"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "H. Dater"
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
43025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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