Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
Lewis G. Stansburgh (1776–1810)
ca. 1800
Hollow-cut beige paper with black textile underlay, and black ink
Image (height): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Framed: 5 in. × 5 in. × 3/4 in. (12.7 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)
Framed: 5 in. × 5 in. × 3/4 in. (12.7 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)
Gift of E. H. Sauer, 1921
Z.2391
DescriptionSilhouette: Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut by machine from beige paper with black underlay and hair drawn in ink on margin of cut-out; mounted under reverse-painted glass with black-bordered octagonal window, in circular wooden frame.MarkingsPaper affixed to back inscribed in ink: "Lewis G. Stansburgh[?] / Born / August 28 1776 / Died / June 8 1810."
InscribedVerso of frame backing inscribed in brown ink and graphite: "Taught school / 49 Chatham St. 1803 / Lewis G. Stansburgh / Born / August 28th 1776 / Died / June 8 1810."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
