Unidentified man

1800-1830

Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and graphite

Image (height): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Framed: 6 1/4 in. × 5 5/8 in. × 1 in. (15.9 × 14.3 × 2.5 cm)

Z.2520

DescriptionSilhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from brown paper, backed with brown paper backing with black square drawn in ink; profiles of hair and costume filled in with black ink; details of shirtfront in graphite; gilded rectangular frame.

InscribedInscription in pencil on back of frame: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."; inscription in graphite on verso of secondary support: "Perry? Benj? / Fish? Fales? Fall? / of Bristol, R. I."; inscription in graphite on verso, lower left margin of secondary support: " ../Fi(?).../Y 217 - 3" / "Bristol, RI"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS