Mrs. Collins: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1760-1790
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black glass underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. ( 14 x 14 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper with solid black underlay; circular gilded frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1947.483
Gallery Label:
The subject was the great-grandmother of the artist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
42224
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, gold metallic pigment, laid on pink paper, with black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 15 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 38.4 x 30.8 x 5.7 cm )
image: 9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 24.4 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out with highlights in gold, adhered overall to pink-tinted paper with black wash to indicate ground plane; rectangular gilded frame.
Object Number:
Z.2344
Marks:
stenciled: lower left: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Inscriptions:
Stamped at lower left in gray ink: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
42223
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Satire of Dieting
Classification:
Date:
1958
Medium:
Black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Cartoon: Six numbered and framed vignettes with a buxom woman visiting a doctor who gives her a prescription, presumably for dieting, and she goes to a restaurant where she eats "a little bit of everything."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.824
Marks:
black ink: upper right: "Wyeth/ juin/ 58"
black ink: right center: "a little bit of every/ thing. I am on a diet."
black ink: lower center: "un poquito de cada cosa. el doctor me/ ha puesto a regimen".
black ink: each vignette numbered: "1-6"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "Wyeth / Juin / 58"; at lower left inside image: "A little bit of every / thing. I am on a diet."; below outside image: " un poquito de / cada cosa. [crossed out] / el doctor me / la puesta a / regimen"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1958
eMuseum Object ID:
42222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for a Cartoon: Rue de Le Visitation
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1959
Medium:
Black ink, gray wash, and red watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Figures: Parisian street scene with prostitutes, an approaching sailor, and a black cat.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.821
Marks:
black ink: upper right: "Wyeth/ mai/ 59"
black ink: left center: "Rue de/ LeVisitation"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "Wyeth / Mai / 59 / ."; at middle left of center: "rue de / le Visitation"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1959
eMuseum Object ID:
42221
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clarence Lexow (1852-1910)
Classification:
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 29 in. ( 91.4 x 73.7 cm )
frame: 50 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 3 in. ( 128.3 x 110.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Morton Lexow
Object Number:
1947.299
Marks:
Signed: at lower right:"Booth"
Inscriptions:
Signed diagonally at the lower right in pastel: "Booth"
Gallery Label:
Lexow was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1872. He was elected to the New York State Senate in 1893, and was chairman of the joint legislative committee which in 1898 worked out the consolidation of Manhattan and four other boroughs into greater New York. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his son.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
42213
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, gouache, and black ink and wash, laid on card
Dimensions:
frame: 11 5/8 x 8 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 29.5 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 9 3/8 in. ( 23.8 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out with hair and details of costume in grey, mounted on beige paper with wash used to indicate ground plane; rectangular wood frame (not orginal to object).
Object Number:
Z.2521
Marks:
stenciled: lower left: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Inscriptions:
Stamped at lower left in gray ink: "TAKEN AT THE / HUBARD GALLERY / 109 Strand"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
42210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Washbourne (1792-1846): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1836
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, brown ink on collaged white paper, and white gouache, laid on yellow prepared paper with lithographic background and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 22.5 x 3.8 cm )
image: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 22.2 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure holding newspaper in outstretched hand in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out figure; figure holds cutout newpaper with white(?) pigment and brown ink; lithographed view of architectural interior with bookshelves and books scattered on floor, on thick, beige wove paper; rectangular black-painted wood frame with gilded inner molding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederick L. Washbourne
Object Number:
Z.2518
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "[Edou]art, fecit 1836"
inscription: on back: "John Washbourne / (May 7 1792-April 12 1846) / Cut by August Edouart / in England in 1836 / [etc]."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink (cut): "douart, fecit, 1836."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
42209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. A. Cornell: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1840
Medium:
Black prepared blue paper cut-out, laid on card with irregular window cut out to reveal inscription on verso behind silhouette
Dimensions:
frame: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 19.7 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 6 1/8 in. ( 15.6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on cream paper; on verso of cream card, window cut out to reveal inscription on verso of black cut-out; rectangular black-painted wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2523
Marks:
inscription: on paper affixed below figure: "Mrs. A. Cornell / 15th Jan'ry"
inscription: on back: "Mrs. A. Cornell / Jan'y. 15, 1840"
Inscriptions:
Label pasted below image inscribed in brown ink: "Mrs. A. Cornell / 15th. Janry" (autograph of sitter); blue paper of silhouette verso read through window of card inscribed in brown ink: "Mrs. A. Cornell / Jany. 15. 1840"
Gallery Label:
The subject is listed as follows in the "Complete List of 3,800 Silhouette Portraits of American Citizens Taken Between 1839-1849 by August Edouart . . .": "Cornell, Mrs. A. (New York, Jan. 14, 1840)." See Andrew Oliver, "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" (1977), p. 518.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
42208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Millard Fillmore (1800-1874): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1841
Medium:
Black prepared blue paper cut-out, laid on card with irregular window cut out to reveal inscription on verso
Dimensions:
frame: 12 1/2 x 6 x 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 8 1/2 in. ( 21.6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure with arms crossed in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on cream paper; on verso of cream card, window cut out to reveal inscription on verso of black cut-out; rectangular black-painted wood frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur A. Jones in memory of her husband
Object Number:
Z.2522
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Millard Fillmore / M. C. of N. York / June 14, 1841"
Inscriptions:
Blue paper of silhouette verso read through window of card inscribed in brown ink: "Millard Fillmore / M.C. of N. York / June 14. 1841."
Gallery Label:
The subject's name appears as in the "Complete List of 3,800 Silhouette Portraits of American Citizens Taken Between 1839-1849 by August Edouart . . . ." See Andrew Oliver, "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" (1977), p. 522.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
42205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles F. Babbitt: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1815
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 15.9 x 13.7 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper with hair and details of costume drawn in black ink; under black and gold reverse-painted glass in oval window with gold wreath border; gilded rectangular frame.
Object Number:
Z.2499
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Charles F. Babbitt / Taunton Mass. / 1815"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "Charles F Babbitt / Taunton Mass / 1815"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
42204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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