Harry Scherman (1887-1969)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, white tempera, and black ink on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 18 1/4 in. ( 55.9 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.226
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in blue ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Economist, author, and founder of the Book of the Month Club, Harry Scherman was the son of Jacob and Katharine (Harris) Scherman, and was born in Montreal, Canada. From 1907 to 1916 he worked in journalism and advertising and then began to specialize in the promotion and publishing of books. This led to his organization of the Book of the Month Club in 1926, of which he was president from 1931 to 1950, and then chairman of the board until his death.
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:
41819
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Richard Riker (1773-1842): Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1822-1842
Medium:
Black ink and wash and gouache on card laid on board
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; silhouette painted in dark gray on beige board with details of hair and costume painted in black, light gray, and white; rectangular support mounted on second, slightly larger piece of cardboard.
Object Number:
Z.2525
Marks:
inscriptions: on paper found with object: "Possibly by / Thomas Edwards" and "Riker, RICHARD"
Gallery Label:
A descendant of Abraham Rycken who came from Holland to settle at Bowery Bay, Long Island, in 1638, the subject was the son of John Lawrence and Lavinia (Smith) Riker. He practiced law in New York and served as district attorney for Westchester and Queens counties from 1802 to 1812, and beginning in the latter year served two decades as recorder of the City of New York. Riker's Island in the East River bears the family name.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1842
eMuseum Object ID:
41811
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charles West Thomson (1798-1879): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1843
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, graphite, and white gouache, laid on yellow prepared paper with lithographic background and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 15 x 12 x 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm )
image: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 27.6 x 20 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out on yellow paper with lithographed view of a writer's study; table with inkstand and bookshelves in the background at the right, and churchyard visible through large window at the left; hinged onto to brown decorative wove paper; rectangular wooden frame.
Object Number:
Z.2508
Marks:
inscription, signature and date: lower left: "Presented to Chs. West Thomson Esqr. / by his obed't. serv't. / Aug'st Edouart / Philadelphia 10th Jan'ry 1843."
inscription: on paper affixed to back: "Silhouette of Charles West Thomson / Author and Poet /
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black ink: "Presented to Chs. West Thoms Esqr. / by his obidt. servt. / Aug.st Edouart / Philadelphia 10th. Janry. 1843."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
41804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Standing Man: Silhouette; verso: fragmentary lithographic proof of an interior
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, white gouache, and graphite, laid on paper with brown and gray wash
Dimensions:
frame: 13 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 35.2 x 26 x 3.2 cm )
image: 10 1/2 x 7 in. ( 26.7 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in left-facing profile, cutout of black paper; mounted overall on beige paper with view of domestic interior drawn in brown ink wash; music stand adjacent to figure and stringed instrument on chair in the background; partial printed interior on verso; rectangular wood frame.
Object Number:
Z.2507
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Aug'st Edouart fecit 1840 / 411 Broadway"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Aug.st Edouart fecit 1840 / 411 Broadway."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
41801
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Henry Deming, Jr.: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 x 8 in. ( 33 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size mask of male subject in right-facing profile; ink wash within graphite outline on paper with handwritten inscription below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2408
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Henry Deming Jun'r Wethersfield/ January 1794"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Henry Deming junr Wethersfield / 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:
41800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walter Cotton: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1792
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 mask of male subject in right-facing profile; ink wash within graphite outline on cream paper with handwritten inscription below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2405
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Walter Cotton Long Meadow / December 1792"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Walter Cotton Long Meadow / December 1792"
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:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
41799
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Levi Butler: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
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 silhouette of male subject; ink wash within graphite outline on cream paper with handwritten inscription below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2406
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Levi Butler Wethersfield / 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Levi Butler Wethersfield / 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:
41798
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1810-1830
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, with black ink and wash laid on card
Dimensions:
card: 12 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 32.7 x 17.5 cm )
image height: 10 1/8 in. ( 25.7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length male figure in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out with details lightly indicated in ink(?); mounted on rectangular cream card with wash to indicate ground plane.
Object Number:
Z.2374
Marks:
inscription: on back: "William Rudolph Smith (1787-1868) / Son of William Moore Smith / and Ann (Rudolph) Smith / and / grandson of Rev. Wm. Smith, first / Provost of the University of Pennsylvania / and his wife Rebecca (Moore) Smith / Family Portraits /
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
41792
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Albert Smith, M.D. (1798-1884): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 13/16 in. ( 10.8 x 7.1 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of thin, pink paper.
Object Number:
Z.2482
Marks:
inscription in pencil: on front: "Dr Albert Smith / Cut By J. . . E. . . [illegible]"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Dr Albert Smith / Cut By J. E...[illegible]"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Matson Smith and Sarah Ann (Mather) Smith of New Rochelle, New York. He received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1820.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
41778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Unidentified Boy: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Beige paper cut-out with black ink, brown ink and wash, watercolor, and white gouache
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 13 x 7 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of young boy in right-facing profile; cream paper cut-out, face drawn with brown ink, coat painted black, traces of red near the ear and highlights in white.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1939
Object Number:
Z.2488
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Gift of Mrs. Bella C. Landauer / Nov. 17, 1939"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
41777
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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