Collection Highlights
Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Luce Center
Samuel Verplanck (?): Silhouette
Title
Samuel Verplanck (?): Silhouette
Medium
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige lithographed heavy paper with white gouache, laid on card
Dimensions
frame: 10 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 25.7 x 14.6 x 2.2 cm )
image: 8 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description
Silhouette: Full-length male figure wearing long cape and holding top hat in front of him, in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out on lithographed beige paper ground which has been cut down from original size, adhered overall to beige card; rectangular wood frame.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number
Z.2534