Attributed to
Benjamin Tappan
(1773 - 1857)
Henry Deming Jr.
1794
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Sheet: 13 x 8 in. ( 33 x 20.3 cm )
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Z.2408
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
DescriptionSilhouette: Life-size mask of male subject in right-facing profile; ink wash within graphite outline on paper with handwritten inscription below.InscribedInscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Henry Deming junr Wethersfield / January 1794"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
