Silhouette
- Title:
- Eleanor Ann Page
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1971.030.08.2
- Creator:
- Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827)
Artist ; Peale's MuseumArtist - Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1802-1810
- Description:
- Silhouette of Eleanor Ann Page (1769-1811). Attributed to Charles Wilson Peale (1741-1827), Philadelphia, PA; 1802-1810. Bust-length hollow-cut silhouette of a woman in profile to left. Sitter has short hair with a loose lock of hair at forehead, tied cravat, and shirt ruffle. Backed with black paperboard; printed black on one side. Embossed signature stamp below bust: "MUSEUM". Pencil inscription on reverse of black paperboard of numbers and mathematical sums. Modern incorrect pencil inscription on frame backing board: "Great Grandfather / William Page". Modern black wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5 W-4 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana P. Vaughan
- People:
- Peale, Charles Willson (1741-1827), Page, Eleanor Ann (1769-1811), Potts, Sallie H. (1846-1918), Vaughan, Dana Prescott (1898-1983)
- Subjects:
- Silhouettes, Page, Eleanor Ann
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