Dr. Charles Lukens

ca. 1803-1810

Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters

Image (height): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 11.7 x 9.8 cm )

Gift of an anonymous donor, 1948

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The subject was a resident of Milestown[?].

DescriptionBust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.

MarkingsEmbossed below bust: "MUSEUM"

InscribedInscribed at upper left in brown ink: "73"; at lower left in graphite: "Lukens"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS