Object Record
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Metadata
Artist |
Auguste Edouart |
Description |
Silhouette on paper. Features three silhouette subjects of two men standing with a woman seated holding needlework. The background scene has been painted in brown and looks like a sitting room. A window with heavy drapes is a proper left. The room also has patterned carpet, a small settee and a hanging painting. |
Object Name |
Silhouette |
Catalog Number |
2007.2798 |
Date |
1840 |
Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Sub-category |
Art |
Makers mark |
Signed in the proper lower right corner "Aug. Edouart/[unreadable] 1840" |
Material |
paper |
Provenance |
Handwritten on back of paper: "Mrs. Simeone Gray Wilbor (born Sally Henry) grandmother and her two sons. Mr. Henry Wilbor (standing alone), grandfather of John R. Wilbor and Marybella Wilbor Buss. John Borden Wilbor (standing back of chair), father of John B. Wilbor. Son of John R. Wilbor." In different handwriting "Sept. 5, 1926 - the above is in the handwriting of my sister Marybella Wilbor Buss and is as I know it. John R. Wilbor" |