Attributed to Augustin Amant Constant Fidèle Edouart (French, 1789 – 1861)

Samuel Verplanck

Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige lithographed heavy paper with white gouache, laid on card

Image: 8 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 10.5 cm )
Framed: 10 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 7/8 in. (25.7 × 14.6 × 2.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck

Z.2534

The subject is listed as follows in the "Complete List of 3,800 Silhouette Portraits of American Citizens Taken Between 1839-1849 by August Edouart . . .": "Verplanck, Saml., 36, Franklin Street (Jan. 17)." See Andrew Oliver, "Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844" (1977), p. 545.

DescriptionSilhouette: Full-length male figure wearing long cape and holding top hat in front of him, in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out on lithographed beige paper ground which has been cut down from original size, adhered overall to beige card; rectangular wood frame.

MarkingsTypewritten label affixed to cardboard backing: "GIFT OF MRS. BAYARD VERPLANCK"

InscribedCard inscribed on verso at upper left in brown ink (cut): "kill-on-Hudson N.Y."; inscribed in pencil on cardboard backing of frame: "Prob. cut by / A. Edouart / Silhouette of / Samuel / Verplanck"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS