Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Miss Homer: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2612
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper
Dimensions:
image height: 9 in. ( 22.9 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower center: "Homer"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Homer"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
