Henry Rutgers Remsen (1809-1874) and Elizabeth Waldron Phoenix Remsen (1807-1890): Silhouette
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1845
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-outs with white chalk, laid on paper with lithographic background and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 14 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 35.9 x 27 x 3.2 cm )
image: 10 1/2 x 7 in. ( 26.7 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male and female black cut-out silhouettes with white line detailing, affixed to cream paper with lithographed garden setting; shadows in gray ink wash; rectangular wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Hugh V. Parry
Object Number:
1978.60
Marks:
partial inscription/verso: brown ink, UR corner: "107 [two indecipherable letters]"
signature and date: at left: "Aug'st Edouart, fecit / Saratoga Springs / 30th Aug't / 1845"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed along lower left border vertically in brown and gray ink: "aug.st Edouart, fecit / Saratoga Springs"; below horizontally: "30th augt. / 1845."; verso inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "107 Ed[cut]"
Gallery Label:
Henry Rutgers Remsen (1809-1874) and Elizabeth Waldron Phoenix (1807-1890) were married October 21, 1834.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
42183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) in Frontiersman's Regalia
Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1806-1807
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with touches of red gouache on heavy paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 9.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Heirs of Hall Park McCullough
Object Number:
1971.125
Marks:
inscription: upper, pencil: "Likeness of Capt. Meriwether Lewis 1806"
inscription: lower, brown ink: "Likeness of Capt. Meriwether Lewis the explorer who was Capt. --- explore the far West in 1803 by President Jefferson"
Inscriptions:
Collector's mark in black ink on verso: "R.W.T."; verso inscribed along upper edge in graphite: "...[illegible] Capt Meriwether Lewis"; at lower edge in brown ink: "Likeness of Capt Meriwether / Lewis the Explorer, who was sent with James Clark to explore the far west in 1802 / by President Jefferson"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the noted explorer who, with William Clark of Louisville, Kentucky, embarked on the historic Lewis and Clark expedition which opened up a land route across the continent to the Pacific. Painted shortly after Lewis's return to Washington from his expedition, this watercolor depicts him in frontiersman's dress, wearing a fur cap, a tunic to the mid-thighs, tight buckskin breeches, and moccasins.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
42180
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Llewellyn Lewis (1880-1969)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Brown and wash and white gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 19 3/8 in. ( 57.8 x 49.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.178a
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at the lower right in brown and blue ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
A native of Lucas, Iowa, John L. Lewis began his career in the mines and soon became involved in union affairs. He became vice-president of the United Mine Workers of America in 1917; he was elected president three years later and served until 1959. He was an organizer of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization, serving as president of the latter from 1935 to 1941.
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:
42179
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dr. Matson Smith (c.1750-c.1820): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1800-1820
Medium:
Beige paper cut-out with black textile underlay, graphite and white gouache
Dimensions:
frame: 4 5/16 x 3/4 in. ( 11 x 1.9 cm )
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; shading and details of facial features and costume in graphite and white pigment; in convex oval window of rectangular wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2392
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Eames Family Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1827
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 11.4 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 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; in oval window of rectangular frame made of gilded molded sheet brass over wood.
Object Number:
Z.2503
Marks:
dated: below bust: "1827"
Inscriptions:
Faintly inscribed at lower center: "Taken 1827"; verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "Eames Family"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
42170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
David Richardson: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black textile underlay, graphite, white gouache, and embossed gold metallic tape
Dimensions:
frame: 8 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 21 x 18.1 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject wearing top hat in left-facing profile; hollow-cut by hand with black textile backing and collar and shirtfront drawn in graphite; embossed gilt-paper border; rectangular gilded (now discolored) frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith, 1952
Object Number:
Z.2505
Gallery Label:
The subject was the grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
42169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out with gold metallic pigment, laid on thin card
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 in. ( 15.6 x 14.9 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 3 5/8 in. ( 9.2 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; paper cut-out with hair and costume highlighted in gold, mounted under reverse-painted glass with oval window surrounded by black and gold border; rectangular gilded frame.
Object Number:
Z.2513
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
David Barker and His Wife Julia A. Barker
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1839
Medium:
Black prepared blue paper cut-outs, laid on card with irregular window cut out to reveal inscription on verso
Dimensions:
frame: 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 32.4 x 27.3 x 1.3 cm )
image height: 7 7/8 in. ( 20 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in right-facing profile opposite full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-outs mounted overall on cream paper; window cut out of cream card to reveal inscription of primary support; rectangular, black-painted wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2511
Marks:
inscription: on paper affixed below figures: "Mr. & Mrs. David Barker / New York 18th Nov. 1839"
inscriptions: on back: "Mrs. Julia A. Barker / New York / Nov 18 1839" and "David Barker / Merchant / Nov 18 1839 New York"
Inscriptions:
Label pasted below image inscribed in brown ink: "Mr. & Mrs. David Barker / New YK 18th Nov. 1839."; blue paper of silhouette verso read through two windows of card inscribed in brown ink: "Mrs. Julia A. Barker / New York / Nov 18 1839"; "David Barker / merchant / Nov 18 1839 New York"
Gallery Label:
The subjects are listed as follows in the "Complete List of 3,800 Silhouette Portraits of American Citizens Taken Between 1839-1849 by August Edouart . . .": "Barker, David, poet 1816-1874 (New York, Nov. 18, 1839)" and "Barker, Mrs. David (New York, Nov. 18, 1839)." See Andrew Oliver, "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" (1977), p. 511.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1839
eMuseum Object ID:
42167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Man: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out with gray wash, gold metallic pigment, and gouache, laid on card
Dimensions:
frame: 15 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 1 in. ( 39.4 x 27.6 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; cut out from hand-coated black paper, adhered overall to cream card backing; hair and details of costume in gold; wash used to indicate ground plane; rectangular gilded frame with cream mat.
Object Number:
Z.2510
Marks:
frame inscription: "Olds coll. II" in graphite
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
42166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1790-1820
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 7 x 6 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 15.9 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black paper backing; oval frame of molded sheet brass over wood.
Object Number:
Z.2509
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
42164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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