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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet, 1786 - 1843
Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808 - 1866
Date
1843
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Ink wash and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 27.5cm x 21.2cm (10 13/16" x 8 3/8")
Topic
Interior
Silhouette\Cut-out
Printed Material\Map
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet: Male
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet: Science and Technology\Scientist\Mathematician
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet: Science and Technology\Scientist\Astronomer
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer\American West
Joseph Nicholas Nicollet: Science and Technology\Scientist\Geographer
Henry Darwin Rogers: Male
Henry Darwin Rogers: Science and Technology\Scientist\Cartographer
Henry Darwin Rogers: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\College
Henry Darwin Rogers: Science and Technology\Surveyor
Henry Darwin Rogers: Science and Technology\Scientist\Earth scientist\Geologist
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.
