Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Luce Center
Aaron Wright, Jr.: Silhouette
Title
Aaron Wright, Jr.: Silhouette
Date
1794
Medium
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. ( 31.8 x 19.7 cm )
Description
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number
Z.2426
Marks
inscription: on front: "Mr Aaron Wright jun'r Northampton / Jan 7 - 1794"
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Aaron Wright junr Northampton / Jany -- 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.
