Collection Highlights
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
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Miss P. Sparkman: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2619a
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2619b
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. ( 27.3 x 19.4 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: lower right: "Miss P Sparkman"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Miss P. Sparkman"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
