DrawingsAmerican19th century

Silhouette of a Man in Left Profile (John Witt Randall?)

19th century

Artists

William James HubardArtist

Description

Wrapped in brown paper cover on which is written "Profiles at the Hubard Gallery." 1898.518 and 1898.519 were stored face-to-face at one point; the offset of the opposite silhouette is visible on the card mount.

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Cutout

Medium

Black paper cut out adhered to off-white card

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12 x 7.9 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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