Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Luce Center
Charles F. Babbitt: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2499
Date:
1815
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 6 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 15.9 x 13.7 x 2.2 cm )
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Charles F. Babbitt / Taunton Mass. / 1815"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "Charles F Babbitt / Taunton Mass / 1815"
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; under black and gold reverse-painted glass in oval window with gold wreath border; gilded rectangular frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
