Sarah 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 7/16 in. ( 6.2 cm )
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.1 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Bust of girl 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.2564r
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 17"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "S R 1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 17"; at lower left: "S R 1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42501
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ashbel G. 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 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
sheet: 4 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. ( 12.2 x 9.7 cm )
Description:
Bust of boy 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.2564p
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 15"
dated: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 15."; at lower left: "1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Ralston, Jr.: 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 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 in. ( 12.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of boy 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.2564n
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "No 13"
inscribed in ink: lower left: "RR Junr. Oct. 1806"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 13"; at lower left: "R.R. Junr. Oct 1806."; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42499
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rebecca 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: 3 in. ( 7.6 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 15/16 in. ( 12.4 x 12.5 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.2564l
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper left: "No 11"
dated: lower left: "1806"
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 11."; at lower left: "1806"; embossed at lower center reversed: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
42498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Catherine Anna Remsen Schuchardt (1812-1877)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, and Conté crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 8.3 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge (Lily Wells) and daughters
Object Number:
1954.190
Gallery Label:
Catherine Anna Remsen was the second daughter of Henry Remsen and Elizabeth De Peyster (Remsen) of New York. She married Frederick Schuchardt (1805-85) on October 23, 1834. Her husband, a merchant and banker, was a native of Germany who was brought to New York at age ten. This portrait was a gift to the Society from the granddaughter and great-granddaughters of Mrs. Schuchardt.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
42494
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Catherine Anna Remsen Schuchardt (1812-1877)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1840
Medium:
Gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on canvas, nailed to a stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. ( 20 x 16.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge (Lily Wells) and daughters
Object Number:
1954.184
Gallery Label:
Catherine Anna Remsen was the second daughter of Henry Remsen and Elizabeth De Peyster (Remsen) of New York. She married Frederick Schuchardt (1805-85) on October 23, 1834. Her husband, a merchant and banker, was a native of Germany who was brought to New York at age ten. This portrait was a gift to the Society from the granddaughter and great-granddaughters of Mrs. Schuchardt.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
42493
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rose Schneiderman (1884-1972)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Colored chalk and touches of watercolor on ochre paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 19 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.186
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
For many years the president of the National Women's Trade Union League, Rose Schneiderman was a crusader for improved conditions for the American working woman through union organizations, education, and legislation. Long a friend of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Miss Schneiderman was appointed to the National Recovery Administration, and in 1937 was named secretary of the New York State Department of Labor.
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:
42492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Elizabeth Spencer (1838-?)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1845
Medium:
Black ink, watercolor, and graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/16 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.4 x 7 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Cora McDowell, the sitter's daughter
Object Number:
1943.326
Gallery Label:
The subject was the daughter of Utley Spencer and his first wife, Laura (Lake) Spencer, of Nunda, New York. She was married to George M. McDowell. This portrait was a gift to the Society from the subject's daughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
42475
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: 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 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 12.4 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from irregular sheet of cream paper with canted corners; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Object Number:
Z.2564mmmm
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "94"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "95."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42472
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
R. R. B.: Silhouette of a Young Boy
Classification:
Date:
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 3/16 in. ( 5.6 cm )
sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of boy 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.2564kkkk
Marks:
inscribed in ink: upper right: "93"
inscribed in pencil: lower left: "Octob- 1910-"
inscribed in ink: lower right: "R. R. B."
embossed: below bust: "MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Silhouette inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "92."; at lower right: "R. R. B.; at lower left in graphite: "Octob. 1810 --"; embossed at lower center: "Museum"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
42471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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