Silhouette

Work on Paper

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Silhouette

Entry/Object ID

A 61.16

Description

The oval silhouette portrait of SMD shows him facing right against a white background. The plaster portrait is mounted under glass within a stamped brass frame attached to a rectangular, paper- mache, black-painted frame with a brass hanging ring at the center top. A printed label of the portraitist is attached to the back of the plaster and frame. Paint on plaster, glass, brass, paper- mache

Artwork Details

Medium

Silhouette

Subject Person or Organization

States Morris Dyckman

Category

Prints/Drawings

Acquisition

Accession

A 61.16

Source or Donor

Department of Parks, City of New York

Acquisition Method

Loan

Credit Line

On Loan from Department of Parks, City of New York

Made/Created

Artist

John Miers

Date made

circa 1800

Place

City

London

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

on back, partial label

Transcription

Miers... Profile Painter... Opposite Exeter Chang... London Conti taken profile shadow peculiar to by the most anim size for N3M so that any number ding again flat of convex Borders to any dimensions

Material/Technique

Printed

Dimensions

Height

5-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Oval medallion

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

2-5/8 in

Condition

Notes

The upper right corner of the back has a small piece broken off. The backing paper is missing.

Provenance

Notes

Original card (pink) reads, "Gift of Dorothy Dean Boorman", no record of gift in files. Maker, Miers, London On Loan from Department of Parks, City of New York, 1961