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Jacob De La Motta and James McHenry

Artist: Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter: Jacob De La Motta, 1789 - 1845; James McHenry, 1785 - 1845

Date: 1842

Type: Silhouette

Medium: Ink wash, chalk and cut paper on paper
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 28cm x 21.1cm (11" x 8 5/16")

Topic: Interior; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Silhouette\Cut-out; Equipment\Walking stick\Cane; Costume\Headgear\Hat\Top hat; Jacob De La Motta: Male; Jacob De La Motta: Medicine and Health\Physician; Jacob De La Motta: Society and Social Change\Socialite; James McHenry: Male; James McHenry: Medicine and Health\Physician; James McHenry: Literature\Writer\Poet; James McHenry: Journalism and Media\Editor; James McHenry: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: S/NPG.91.126.36.B

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery