Inscription
lower center in black ink by unknown hand on adhered label: May 18th 1841- / P. Kearny Junior / Lt. 1st regt. Dragoons / ADC to Genl. in Chief -; center verso in black ink by unknown hand: Lt. P. Kearney Junior / 1st regt. Dragoons / ADC; lower center verso in black ink by unknown hand on adhered label: This silhouette of / General Philip Kearney / was cut by / August Edouart / during his visit to the / United States 1839-1849
Provenance
Virginia Livingston Hunt, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1966; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Bibliography
- 1913
- Vernay, Arthur S. The Collection of American Silhouette Portraits Cut by August Edouart. New York: Arthur S. Vernay, 1913, p. 69.
- 1977
- Oliver, Andrew. Auguste Edouart's Silhouettes of Eminent Americans, 1839-1844. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1977, p. 529.
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