William Sulzer (1863-1941): Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on card
Dimensions:
card: 3 1/16 in. ( 7.8 cm )
image height: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject wearing top hat in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular cream card.
Object Number:
Z.2430
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Lawyers of the Day- / Counselor Sulzer / Aug 2/86"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "Lawyer of the Day - / Counselor Sulzer / Aug 2/86"
Gallery Label:
Sulzer entered politics after being admitted to the bar and served in the New York state assembly from 1890-94; in the latter year he was elected to Congress where he remained until 1912 when he was elected governor of New York. The following year he was impeached and removed from office but within a month was re-elected on the Independent ticket to the state assembly where he served one additional term. Thereafter he conducted a private law practice.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
42821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Cleves Symmes [Jr.] (1779-1829)
Classification:
Date:
1820
Medium:
Graphite on paper, sewn at midpoint into booklet with endpaper and cover
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 11/16 x 15 7/16 in. (24.6 x 39.2 cm)
Description:
Portrait. This sheet is related to the group of Audubon's watercolors and drawings, for Birds of America, purchased by the Society from Lucy Bakewell Audubon in 1863, which was orchestrated by the Society's president Frederic De Peyster and Librarian George Moore.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic De Peyster
Object Number:
1864.4
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right border in graphite: "Drawn by John. J. Audubon Aug - 20 / the Western Museum"; verso at center in brown ink: "John, Cleeves Simms - / The man with the hole at the / Pole - / Drawn and a good likeness it is / by John J. Audubon / Cincinati August 1820. / ---1820"; at lower left in graphite: "Note by J.C. Symmes the son / the proper orthography is / John Cleves Symmes"; at lower right in brown ink: "John Cleeves Simms --".
Gallery Label:
Symmes, a native of Sussex County, New Jersey, served with distinction in the War of 1812 and settled after the war in Newport, Kentucky, where he spent most of his time developing philosophical and geological theories. His "Theory on Concentric Spheres" was published in Cincinnati in 1826.
Provenance:
Frederic De Peyster, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42819
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Raymond Gram Swing (1887-1968)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on watercolor board
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. ( 51.4 x 39.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.192
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black watercolor: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Cortland, N.Y., entered journalism as a young man and from 1914 to 1917 was war correspondent in Berlin and Paris for the Chicago "Daily News." In the 1930s he attracted a following of millions through his low-keyed presentation of the news over British, American, and Canadian radio networks.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
42817
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss Elliott: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper; verso of silhouette Z.2616a
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 light brown paper.
Object Number:
Z.2616b
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Miss Elliott"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Miss Elliott"
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:
42813
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lizzie Wadsworth: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on brown paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2616b
Dimensions:
image height: 7 9/16 in. ( 19.2 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.
Object Number:
Z.2616a
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Lizzie Wadsworth"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Lizzie Wadsworth"
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:
42812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss James: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2614a
Dimensions:
image height: 9 5/8 in. ( 24.4 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 cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2614b
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "James"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "James"
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:
42811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss E. Courvoiser: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2613a
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/8 in. ( 23.2 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 cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2613b
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower center: "E. Courvoiser"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "E. Courvoiser"
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:
42810
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miss E. Nye: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2637a
Dimensions:
image height: 8 3/4 in. ( 22.2 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 cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2637b
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower right: "E. Nye"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in brown ink: "E. Nye"
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:
42808
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jane M. Oakley: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/8 in. ( 23.2 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 cream paper.
Object Number:
Z.2631
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Jane M. Oakley"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Jane M. Oakley"
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:
42807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Helen Cogart: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 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.2630
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "Helen Cogart"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "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:
42806
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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