Rev. J. N. Abeel: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1803
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with blue paper underlay, laid on a folio 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.2564dd
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 30"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "JNA. 1803."
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 30"; at lower left: "J. N. A. 1803. -- "; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1803
eMuseum Object ID:
42635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sarah Latimer: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1804
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with blue paper underlay, laid on a folio 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 7/8 x 4 in. ( 12.4 x 10.2 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.2564bb
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 28"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1804 / . . ."
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 28"; at lower left: "S. L. 1804.[cut]"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
42633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rev. Jacob J. Janeway: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1804
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with blue paper underlay, laid on a folio 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 9/16 x 3 13/16 in. ( 11.6 x 9.7 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.2564z
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 26"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "J. J. J. 1804"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 26"; at lower left: "J. J. J. 1804."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
42631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John G. Brinyhurst (?): 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 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.4 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.2564yy
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 54"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "JGB 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 54"; at lower left: "J. G. B. 1806"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Livingston: 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 7/8 x 4 in. ( 12.4 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.2564ww
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 52"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "L. 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 52"; at lower left: "L. 1806"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rev. Samuel F. Snowden: 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 3/4 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.2564uu
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "50"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of North Hartford, Connecticut.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Snowden: 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 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 15/16 in. ( 12.4 x 12.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of girl 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.2564ss
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "Museum"; key identifies sitter number 48 as 'Mary Snowden' (number 47 is blank)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
J. P. Crosby: 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 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.4 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.2564qq
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 44"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "J. P. Crosby / ob[?] 1806"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 44"; at lower left vertically: "J. P. Crosby"; at lower left: "[cut] 1806."
Gallery Label:
The subject was a resident of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42597
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Vaux: 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 5/8 in. ( 12.1 x 9.2 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.2564kk
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 38"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "R.V. 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 38"; at lower left: "R. V. 1806"; at lower right: "A. M. Garsigues"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42596
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
A. M. Garsigues(?): Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1806
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper laid on white paper, mounted 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 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in right-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.2564ii
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 35"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "A.M.G. 1806"
inscribed in ink: lower right: "A. M. Garsigues" ?
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 35"; at lower left: "R. H. 1806"; at lower right: "Reuben Haines"; embossed at lower center reversed: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42595
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


