Collection Highlights
Central Park Competition Entry No. 29
Date:
March, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.233
Medium:
Ink and Wash
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Henry Deming, Jr.: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2408
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 x 8 in. ( 33 x 20.3 cm )
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"
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size mask of male subject in right-facing profile; ink wash within graphite outline on paper with handwritten inscription below.
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
