Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.32
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Deborah Bache: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2481
Date:
1802
Medium:
Hollow-cut oval beige paper laid on paper
Dimensions:
image height: 4 in. ( 10.2 cm )
sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: below bust: "Deborah Bache / 1802."
inscribed in pencil: on paper found with object: "($11.00) / Henkels sale 1356 / (June 16, 1924) No. 41 / (Deborah Bache, / grand daughter / of Benjamin Frank- / lin and wife of / Wm. J. Duane"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Deborah Bache / 1802."
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from oval piece of cream paper mounted on slightly irregular rectangular cream sheet.
Gallery Label:
Deborah Bache, a granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, married William John Duane, probably soon after this silhouette was cut.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
