Collection Highlights
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), Seen from the Back, Seated at an Easel and Holding a Palette
1875
1935.85.2.83
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of Album 2
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight: sulphide
Object name
Paperweight: sulphide
Date
1845-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin on deep cobalt blue ground.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.164
Marks
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to base: "189"
Gallery Label
Sulphides-small white clay medallions embedded in glass-imitated the cameos of ancient Rome. During the mid-19th century, the Clichy Glasshouse produced sulphide paperweights of many celebrated figures, from Marie Antoinette and Napoleon to George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
