Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Bust-Length Sketch of a Man in Profile ("Unusual Man")
Object Number:
1953.275
Date:
1811
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. ( 19.7 x 16.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower: "Homme rare/qui je rappele qu'on lui a prete de l'argent let qui je croit obligia..."
date: lower: "New York 1811"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Homme rare / qui le rappele quòn lui a prété l'argent, / et qui le croit obligé à au peu de reconnaissance / envers aux qui lui rendre Service. / -- newyork 1811. --"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
This is a profile view of an unidentifed man wearing glasses.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
