Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Luce Center
Samuel Mather, M.D. (born c. 1741): Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2401
Date:
1808
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 11.7 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: on paper affixed to back of frame: "Samuel Mather / MD / Aged 67 years - / in 1808" and "Grand Father / Dr Sam Mather"
impressed: on back of frame, at upper left: "32 / 2"
Inscriptions:
Verso of frame backing inscribed in brown ink: "Samuel Mather / MD / aged 67 years -- / in 1808"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; image hollow-cut by machine from cream paper with black underlay; rectangular wooden frame with oval window.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
