William Livingston (1723-1790): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1786-1790
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black textile underlay, with black ink laid on leather
Dimensions:
image height: 2 1/8 in. ( 5.4 cm )
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 7.3 x 6 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from cream paper with black textile underlay and leather backing; details in ink on margins of cut-out.
Object Number:
Z.2431
Marks:
inscription: on front: "William Livingston"
embossed: on front: "PEALE'S MUSEUM"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at right vertically in brown ink: "William Livingston"; embossed at lower center: "PEALES MUSEUM"
Gallery Label:
William Livingston was the first governor of the state of New Jersey and served in that office from 1776 to 1790.
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
41918
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Count de Munn: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1802-1825
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black underlay
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper. Loose, black paper backing added later.
Credit Line:
Gift of the children of Henry A. Stimson, through Miss Dorothy Stimson, 1942
Object Number:
Z.2429
Marks:
embossed: below bust: "PEALE"
inscribed: on back: "Count de Munn"
Inscriptions:
Embossed at lower center: "PEALE"; verso inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Count de Munn"
Provenance:
Peale's Museum
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
41916
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jonathan Allen: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. ( 32.1 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2428
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Jonathan Allen Pittsfield 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Jonathan Allen Pittsfield 1793."
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41915
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Sarah Tappan: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. ( 32.1 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of female subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2427
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mrs Sarah Tappan Northampton / Jan 7 1794"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mrs Sarah Tappan Northampton / Jany 1794"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1794
eMuseum Object ID:
41912
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 33.3 x 20 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within two outlines in graphite on cream paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2425
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Asahel Wadsworth Farmington / January 1794"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Asahel Wadsworth Farmington / January 1794"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1794
eMuseum Object ID:
41909
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Robert Andrews Millikan (1868-1953)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Graphite and red crayon on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 3/4 x 20 in. ( 62.9 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.159
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
In the background of this sketch are the buildings of the California Institute of Technology where Millikan served on the first physics faculty and carried on his research for a quarter of a century before retiring in 1945, about the time this portrait was made.
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:
41907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Dorcas Wright: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 32.1 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of female subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2424
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mrs Dorcas Wright Northampton / Jan 7[?]-1794"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mrs Dorcas Wright Northampton / Jany -- 1794"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1794
eMuseum Object ID:
41881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Manna Wadsworth (c. 1770-1796): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 32.4 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within two outlines in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2423
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Manna Wadsworth Pittsfield / 1793 - Died 4th March 1796 / at Farmington aged 26 yrs"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Manna Wadsworth Pittsfield / 1793 -- Died 4th March 1796 / at Farmington aged 26 yrs"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mrs. Anna Wadsworth (d. 1796): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of female subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2422
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mrs. Anna Wadsworth Pittsfield 1793 / Died Jan 7 1796"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mrs Anna Wadsworth Pittsfield 1793 / Died Jany -- 1796"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41879
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decius Wadsworth, Esq.: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2421
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Decius Wadsworth Esq'r Hartford 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Decius Wadsworth Esqr Hartford 1793"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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