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 : Series of silhouettes by August Edouart


Series of silhouettes by August Edouart

Series of silhouette portraits by August Edouart cut during his tour of the United States between 1839 and 1849. They form part of the most remarkable social pictorial record of any nation. From left, Thomas Kemphall, Christopher Morgan, H. Van Rensellaer, Millard Fillimore (President), D. D. Barnard, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Franklin Pierce (one of the seven Presidents of the USA in Edouart's portfolio) and Henry Hubbard

Picture No
10547895
Media ID
46866953
Size
3700px x 4905px (617KB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Silhouettes by August Edouart reproduced in The History of Silhouettes by E. Nevill Jackson, 1911
Date
1830s

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