Study for an Illustration in "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black ink, gray wash, black crayon, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Emu watching a Kangaroo jumping with a koala on its back, p. 21
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.843
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "21[encircled] / b & w"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
42193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for an Illustration in "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black ink, gray wash, black crayon, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Drawing of bird standing on koala standing on kangaroo, study for "Kerry Kangaroo," p. 25.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.841
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "25[encircled] / b & w"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
42192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Illustrations: Three Vignettes of a Chef Shopping, Mixing, and Cooking
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1959-60
Medium:
Black ink and collage on paper with blue crayon framing lines on one of the images
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. ( 32.4 x 23.8 cm )
Part (separate sheet of paper): 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (12.4 x 9.8 cm)
Description:
Figure: Vignettes of chef shopping, mixing [on separate sheet pasted in and outlined in blue pencil] and cooking. Reproduced as illustration in Harper's Magazine, June 1960.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.832
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
42191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. N. W. White: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Black ink and gray gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
frame: 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 10.5 x 1 cm )
image height: 2 7/8 in. ( 7.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; image cut-out from black paper with details of hair and costume in ink, and on cream wove paper secondary support; in rectangular marquetry frame with carved decoration at corners.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1942
Object Number:
Z.2353
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "BACHE'S / PATENT"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower right: "BACHE'S PATENT"; at lower center in graphite: "Mrs N. W. White"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Judge Jan Jacob Cau: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
frame: 6 x 6 x 1 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; image cut out from black laid paper, with cream wove paper secondary support; circular wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Fairchild, 1907
Object Number:
Z.2359
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Hon. J.J. Cau / of Ter Horst"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame inscribed in brown ink: "Hon. J. J. Cau / of Ten Horst"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Seated Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1842
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, white gouache, and graphite, laid on yellow prepared paper with lithographic background and brown wash
Dimensions:
frame: 14 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 35.9 x 26.7 x 2.2 cm )
image: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 27 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Seated, left-facing male figure in black cut-out paper with fine linear detailing, affixed to cream paper with lithographed domestic interior with piano in background at right and large window at left, yellow printed background with white highlights left in reserve; rectangular wooden frame.
Object Number:
Z.2343
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Aug'st Edouart fecit 1842. / Boston"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "aug.st Edouart. fecit 1842. / Boston U.S."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
42188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Griswold (1777-1859): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1843
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out and graphite, laid on yellow prepared paper with lithographed background and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 11 5/8 x 8 x 3/4 in. ( 29.5 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm )
image: 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length, left-facing male figure in black cut-out paper with fine linear detailing in graphite, mounted overall to cream paper with lithographed harbor view; gilded rectangular frame.
Object Number:
Z.2342
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Aug'st Edouart, fecit / Saratoga Springs 8th July 1843"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Aug.st Edouart, fecit / Saratoga Springs 8th. July 1843"; verso inscribed at center: "216 / 1/2 with gilt -- / Friday afternoon"
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 . . .": "Griswold, Geo., 57, Chamber Street, New York (2 ports.) (Saratoga, July 8, 1843)." Mrs. George Griswold is also listed. See Andrew Oliver, "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" (1977), p. 524.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
42187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Richard Van Buren (b. 1790)
Classification:
Date:
1823
Medium:
thin, beige wove paper, with watercolor; black textile
Dimensions:
frame: 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 24.4 x 21.3 x 2.2 cm )
image: 6 x 4 7/8 in. ( 15.2 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Half-length, seated female figure, hollow-cut from beige paper, with details, including hair, collar, book, and chairback, painted in black, red and yellow watercolor; black textile backing; rectangular wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Miss Anne C. Hood
Object Number:
1947.47[dup]
Marks:
inscription: on back of frame: "Maria Fowler Van Buren born in / New York 1790 - wife of Richard Van Buren / her Silhouette - Taken in / Philadelphia 1823 - on her Wedding Journey"
Gallery Label:
Richard Van Buren and Maria (Fowler) Van Buren had their silhouettes made in Philadelphia while on their wedding journey in 1823.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1823
eMuseum Object ID:
42186
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Samuel Mather, M.D. (born c. 1741): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1808
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 11.7 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; image hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with black underlay; rectangular wooden frame with oval window.
Object Number:
Z.2401
Marks:
inscriptions: on paper affixed to back of frame: "Samuel Mather / MD / Aged 67 years - / in 1808" and "Grand Father / Dr Sam Mather"
impressed: on back of frame, at upper left: "32 / 2"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in brown ink: "Samuel Mather / MD / aged 67 years -- / in 1808"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1808
eMuseum Object ID:
42185
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mary Arden (ca. 1726-1817): Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1800-1817
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black glass underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 6 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 14.9 x 3.2 cm )
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of elderly female subject in right-facing profile; image hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with black underlay, in oval window of gold and black reverse-painted glass with rosette ornament in each corner; gilded rectangular frame.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr., 1957
Object Number:
Z.2381
Marks:
inscription: on paper affixed to back: "My / Great-Grandmother / Mary Arden / (Maiden name / Died Feby 13th 1817. / Aged 91 yrs."
embossed: below bust: "TODD"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "TODD"; label on verso of frame backing inscribed in brown ink: "My / Great-Grand-Mother / Mary Arden / (maiden name / Died Feby. 13th 1817. / Aged 91 yrs."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1817
eMuseum Object ID:
42184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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