Jacob S. Green: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1803-1810
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, with black ink, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 15/16 in. ( 12.2 x 12.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; hair drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564sss
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: upper right: "71"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in graphite: "71"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
43022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Emmet Sherwood (1896-1955)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Black crayon on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 43.8 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.209
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a noted playwright, was born at New Rochelle, N.Y. His first successful play, "The Road to Rome," was produced in 1927. Four of his subsequent plays, "Idiot's Delight," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," "There Shall Be No Night," and "Roosevelt and Hopkins," were awarded Pulitzer Prizes.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
43005
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
sheet: 3 7/8 x 2 11/16 in. ( 9.8 x 6.8 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper Skillin, 1950
Object Number:
Z.2578
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: above bust: "Baroness d'Altenstein / sister to Philip Grim"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "Ahey[?] Grim"
inscribed in pencil: on back: "Dau of David Grim"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Baroness d'Altstein / sister of Philip Grim"; at lower left in brown ink: "Eliz Grim (?)"; verso inscribed at lower center: ""Second daughter of / David Grim"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the daughter of David Grim (1737-1826), a native of Bavaria who came to New York with his parents while still an infant. From 1767 to 1789 he was the proprietor, first on Chapel Street, and then on William Street, of the Hessian's Coffee House, where many German immigrants congregated.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
43001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henry Baron von Altenstein: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 in. ( 12.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of beige paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper Skillin, 1950
Object Number:
Z.2577
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: above bust: "Henri Baron d'Altenstein / son of Elizabeth Baroness von / Altenstein / grandson / of / David Grim"
inscribed in pencil: below bust: "Charles Henry Frederic[?]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Henri Baron d'Altstein / son of Elizabeth Baroness von / Altenstein grandson / of / David Grim"; at lower center: "Charles Henry Frederic"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the grandson of David Grim (1737-1826), a native of Bavaria who came to New York with his parents while still an infant. From 1767 to 1789 he was the proprietor, first on Chapel Street, and then on William Street, of the Hessian's Coffee House, where many German immigrants congregated.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
43000
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Grim Baroness von Altenstein: Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Black ink and wash on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
sheet: 5 3/16 x 3 1/2 in. ( 13.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; silhouette in black ink on rectangular cream sheet; shadows and corners of sheet colored with wash.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper Skillin, 1950
Object Number:
Z.2576
Marks:
inscription in pencil: below bust: "Elizabeth Baroness / von Altenstein / daughter of / David Grim"
inscriptions in ink: on back: "IV [in circle] 10 / Messrs David & Philip Grim / New York"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Elizabeth Baroness / von Altenstein / daughter of / David Grim"; verso inscribed in brown ink: "10 / Messrs David & Philip Grim / New York"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the daughter of David Grim (1737-1826), a native of Bavaria who came to New York with his parents while still an infant. From 1767 to 1789 he was the proprietor, first on Chapel Street, and then on William Street, of the Hessian's Coffee House, where many German immigrants congregated.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
42999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Blake: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso silhouette Z.2614b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 in. ( 22.9 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 is on verso.
Object Number:
Z.2614a
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "Miss Blake"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Miss Blake"
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:
42990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Hill: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
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 cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2611
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower right: "Miss Eliz Hill"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Miss Eliz Hill"
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:
42989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
G. T. B.: Silhouette of a Young Child
Classification:
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black and red ink
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 13.3 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of child in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper with black velvet backing; details of hair and costume drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; circular wood frame. Recto inscribed below image with sitters(?) initials "G. T. B. / AGD. 3 years"; verso of frame backing inscribed Catharine Bardwell Deerfield
Credit Line:
Beekman Family Association Fund, 1952
Object Number:
Z.2358
Marks:
inscription: below bust: "G. T.[J?] B. / ACD, 3 years."
inscription: on back of frame: "Catharine Bardwell Deerfield"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black and red ink: "G. T. B. / AGD. 3 years"; verso of frame backing inscribed at center in brown ink: "Catharine Bardwell Deerfield"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
42958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Abeel Family Man: Silhouette with Portrait Sketch
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1800
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 19.7 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; drawing of bust in graphite in upper right quadrant of sheet; detached black textile (silk?) backing.
Object Number:
Z.2575
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: on back: "Mary Ann Abeel. / 1800" (?)
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Mary Ann Abeel. / 1800"; verso has inverted graphite sketch of same sitter at upper right of hollow-cut silhouette
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
42954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 in. ( 13 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of lightweight cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2573
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
42952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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