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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Henry Baldwin, 1780 - 1844
John Bannister Gibson, 1780 - 1853
Date
1842
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Ink wash, chalk and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28.1cm x 21.1cm (11 1/16" x 8 5/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Silhouette\Cut-out
Henry Baldwin: Male
Henry Baldwin: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Henry Baldwin: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Pennsylvania
Henry Baldwin: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice
John Bannister Gibson: Male
John Bannister Gibson: Law and Crime\Judge
John Bannister Gibson: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Pennsylvania
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.