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Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
Title
Asahel Wadsworth: Silhouette
Date
1794
Medium
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 33.3 x 20 cm )
Description
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within two outlines in graphite on cream paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number
Z.2425
Marks
inscription: on front: "Mr Asahel Wadsworth Farmington / January 1794"
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Asahel Wadsworth Farmington / January 1794"
Gallery Label
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
