[Silhouettes from the Marian S. Carson collection]
- Title: [Silhouettes from the Marian S. Carson collection]
- Related Names:
Burdick, Doris, 1898-1981 , artist
Hubard, William James, 1807-1862.
Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.
Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852 , engraver
Sansom, Joseph, 1765 or 1766-1826 , artist
Goodman & Piggot , engraver
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Date Created/Published: [1780-1930]
- Medium:
114 pictures : hollow-cut and black paper silhouettes, some mounted on black paper or fabric ; sheet 30.7 x 22.1 cm or smaller + supplemental items (1 index card, 1 envelope with business card and black paper and fabric samples, 1 printed sheet with silhouette of Charles Willson Peale)
2 prints : intaglio ; sheet 16.1 x 11 cm or smaller.
2 drawings : ink and watercolor ; sheet 11.4 x 8.3 cm or smaller. - Summary: Cut paper silhouette portraits of prominent Philadelphia families and other persons who played a role in the history of the United States in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. Many are members of the Booth, McAllister, and Newell families, also includes prominent figures, such as George Washington, publisher Joseph Dennie, and artist Thomas Eakins. Includes engraved profile portraits of Joseph Dennie by Goodman & Piggot and Edward Johnson Coale by St. Memin. Also, two silhouettes with gold toning or gilt highlights, and a silhouette by Doris Burdick of a clergyman delivering a sermon with a stained glass window in the background that is inscribed in ink "To Mrs. Carson from Glenn Tilley Morse".
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on publication.
- Call Number: LOT 14101 (H) [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into groups by family name, then individuals and anonymous; Arrangement: Arranged by sitter.
- LOT title devised by Library staff.
- Many are inscribed in ink and/or pencil with the sitter's name and occasionally a date.
- Several of the silhouettes have a blind stamp at bottom that states "Peale Museum" or "Museum".
- Includes pages from two publications; a memoir of Duncan McIntosh with portrait published in "The Port Folio, new series, by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. Vol. 1, no. 4 1809 April", pp. 284-292, and "Joseph Sansom, Philadelphia Silhouettist" in "The Pennsylvania Magazine f History and Biography", pp. 399-438, that includes a brief account of Sansom and his work, as well as a checklist of his silhouettes.
- Among the sitters identified are: Ann Booth, Anna Bolton Booth, James Curtis Booth, William Gibson, Myra [or Mira] Newell, Robert Newell, Ann Bolton, Curtis Bolton of Savannah, John Bolton, John McAllister, Frances McAllister ca. 1806, Catharine Dewitt, James Johnson, Hannah Sansom, William Lewis, Timothy Pickering, John F. Mifflin Esq., Miss Lydia Coates, E.J. Coale by St. Memin, Samuel Wetherill, Woodrow Wilson, J.F. Sachse, John R. Smith, Mr. C. Nicholas, Gilbert Stuart, Rev. Slator Clay, and Mr. A.H. Everett.
- (DLC/PP-1998:151.27,.28,.29)
- Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
- Subjects:
- Booth, James Curtis,--1810-1888.
- Clay, Slator,--1754-1821.
- Coale, Edward Johnson,--1776-1832.
- Dennie, Joseph,--1768-1812.
- Eakins, Thomas,--1844-1916.
- M'Intosh, Duncan,--1770-1820.
- McAllister, John,--1786-1877.
- Stuart, Gilbert,--1755-1828.
- Washington, George,--1732-1799.
- Wetherill, Samuel,--1764-1829.
- Peale Museum.
- Format:
- Collections:
- Part of: Carson, Marian S. Visual materials from the Marian S. Carson collection
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: LOT 14101 (H) [P&P]
- Medium:
114 pictures : hollow-cut and black paper silhouettes, some mounted on black paper or fabric ; sheet 30.7 x 22.1 cm or smaller + supplemental items (1 index card, 1 envelope with business card and black paper and fabric samples, 1 printed sheet with silhouette of Charles Willson Peale)
2 prints : intaglio ; sheet 16.1 x 11 cm or smaller.
2 drawings : ink and watercolor ; sheet 11.4 x 8.3 cm or smaller.
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- Call Number: LOT 14101 (H) [P&P]
- Medium:
114 pictures : hollow-cut and black paper silhouettes, some mounted on black paper or fabric ; sheet 30.7 x 22.1 cm or smaller + supplemental items (1 index card, 1 envelope with business card and black paper and fabric samples, 1 printed sheet with silhouette of Charles Willson Peale)
2 prints : intaglio ; sheet 16.1 x 11 cm or smaller.
2 drawings : ink and watercolor ; sheet 11.4 x 8.3 cm or smaller.
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