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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Robert Gould Shaw, 1776 - 1853
Date
1840
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Lithograph and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28cm x 21cm (11" x 8 1/4")
Topic
Silhouette\Cut-out
Architecture
Nature & Environment\Plant
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Container\Urn
Architecture\Column
Robert Gould Shaw: Male
Robert Gould Shaw: Business and Finance\Banking and Finance\Banker
Robert Gould Shaw: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist
Robert Gould Shaw: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
Portrait
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.