Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Louisa Seated Reading; verso: faint sketch of a woman
Object Number:
1953.249
Date:
1809
Medium:
Charcoal, graphite, and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 20.6 x 15.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, ink: "Louisa, 1809"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Louisa. 1809"
Description:
Portrait: Double sided sketch. Verso: sketch of woman in graphite or possibly fine black chalk.
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.
