William L. Hodge: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1803-1810
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
sheet: 4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in. ( 11.7 x 9 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564ttt
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 72"
inscribed in pencil: lower left: "WLH"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 72"; at lower left in graphite: "W. L. H."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rev. Dr. Jedediah Morse: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1803-1810
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
sheet: 4 9/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 11.6 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564rrr
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 70"
embossed: below bust: "KING"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 70"; embossed at lower right: "KING"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Charlestown [Massachusetts?].
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Esther Teackle: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1807
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 11/16 in. ( 6.8 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 13/16 in. ( 12.4 x 9.7 cm )
Description:
Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564ppp
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 68"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "June 1807"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 68"; at lower left: "June 1807"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Georgetown.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
42843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henrietta Teackle: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1807
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/16 in. ( 7.8 cm )
sheet: 4 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 11.9 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564nnn
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 66"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "June 1807"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 66"; at lower left: "June 1807"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Georgetown.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
42842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Francis Lee: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 4 in. ( 12.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564iii
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 61"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 61"; at lower left: "1806"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Boston.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Abigail Goodrich: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 3 5/8 in. ( 9.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from circular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564ggg
Marks:
inscribed in ink: at top: "No 59"
inscribed in ink: at bottom: "A.G. 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper center in brown ink: "No 59"; at lower left: "A. G. 1806"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of Ridgfield [Connecticut?]
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ebenezer Rockwood: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1805
Medium:
Beige paper cut-out, laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject cut-out from cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564fff
Marks:
inscribed in ink: at base of bust: "E R 1805."
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "E. R. 1805."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
42839
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"A. R." (Ashbel Ralston?): Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1805
Medium:
Beige paper cut-out, laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Bust of boy cut-out from cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564eee
Marks:
inscribed in ink: at base of bust: "A.R. 1805"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "A. R. 1805."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
42838
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Benjamin Root Spelman (1811-1895)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1845-50
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 29 in. ( 101.6 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Harry MacNeill Bland
Object Number:
1932.56
Gallery Label:
Spelman was the senior partner of the firm of B. R. and R. L. Spelman of Albany, New York. From 1842 to 1858 he was the commander of the Albany Burgesses Corps, a military organization which had been founded in 1833. He was a member of the Histrionic Society of Albany, the Young Men's Association, and the Albany Institute.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
42836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mr. Fish: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.1 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564ccc
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 58"
dated: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 58"; at lower left: "1806 / F[cut]"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject is identified only as "Fish . . ." of New York in the index included in the album.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42837
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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