Artist/Maker
William King
(Active late 18th - early 19th century)
Rev. Dr. Jedediah Morse
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 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Sheet: 4 9/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 11.6 x 9.5 cm )
Sheet: 4 9/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 11.6 x 9.5 cm )
Gift of an anonymous donor, 1948
Z.2564rrr
The subject was a resident of Charlestown [Massachusetts?].
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: "KING"
InscribedInscribed at upper left in brown ink: "No 70"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS