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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Charles Edwin West, 1809 - 1900
Date
1839
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Lithograph and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28cm x 21.2cm (11" x 8 3/8")
Topic
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Silhouette\Cut-out
Nature & Environment\Plant
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Container\Urn
Architecture\Column
Architecture\Building
Architecture\Building\Lighthouse
Charles Edwin West: Male
Charles Edwin West: Literature\Writer
Charles Edwin West: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
Charles Edwin West: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\School administrator\Principal
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.