Attributed to
Benjamin Tappan
(1773 - 1857)
Aaron Wright Jr.
1794
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. ( 31.8 x 19.7 cm )
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Z.2426
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
DescriptionSilhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.InscribedInscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Aaron Wright junr Northampton / Jany -- 1794"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
