Reuben Haines: 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 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; found loose in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564hh
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No . . . / 36"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "R. H. 1806"
inscribed in ink: lower right: "Reuben Haines"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown and black ink: "No 36"; at lower left: "A.M.G. 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:
42594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sarah Kollock: 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: 4 1/4 in. ( 10.8 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 12.4 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of female 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.2564ee
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 31"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1803 / [SK] . . ."
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "May . . ."
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 31"; at lower left: "1803 / [cut]"
Gallery Label:
The subject was apparently a resident of Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1803
eMuseum Object ID:
42593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary 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 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Bust of female 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.2564cc
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 29"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "M A 1803"
inscribed in pencil: lower center: "July 1803"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 29"; at lower left: "M. A. 1803."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1803
eMuseum Object ID:
42592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas 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: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 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.2564aa
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 27"; at lower left: "T. L. 1804."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
42591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Beekman: 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 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.4 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.2564x
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 24"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "M.B. 1806."
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 24"; at lower left: "M. B. 1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42590
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Ralston Family Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
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 11/16 in. ( 6.8 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 in. ( 12.1 x 10 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.2564u
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "Ralston"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at lower left in brown ink: at: " -- Ralston"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nathan Starr, Jr. (1784-1852)
Classification:
Date:
1808
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, and graphite on card laid on heavy board
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. ( 8.1 x 6.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert Wells Starr in memory of her husband
Object Number:
1945.55
Marks:
signature and date: right center: "Jarvis / Jany 1808"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right in graphite: "JARVIS / JANY 1808"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the elder son of Nathan Starr and Polly (Pomeroy) Starr of Middletown, Connecticut. From around 1813 to 1845 he was engaged with his father in the manufacture of arms in Middletown, mainly for the federal government. The donor's husband, Robert Wells Starr, was his grandson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1808
eMuseum Object ID:
42562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Abigail H. Ralston: 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 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 9.5 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.2564s
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 18"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "A. H. R. 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 18"; at lower left: "A. H. R. 1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42557
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gerard Ralston: 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 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of boy 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.2564q
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 16"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "1806 / [GR . . .]"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 16"; at lower left: "1806 / C [cut]."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth A. Ralston: 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 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.1 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.2564o
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 14"
dated: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 14"; at lower left: "1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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