Attributed to Peale's Museum Philadelphia, A Silhouette Profile Portrait of William Russell Birch (1755-1834)
hollow-cut, with typed note on verso, "William Russell Birch/ Enamel Painter/ Cut at Peale's Museum Philada. and given to/ me by his grandson George R. Birch in 1870./ C. H. Hart./ From the original inscription on the back of/ a frame containing the advertisement of G. Sauter/ Picture Frames, 217 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia,/ in the handwriting of Charles Henry Hart./ Removed from the back by J.H. M. in 1926/ for the purpose of preservation, " and signed in ink "J. H. Morgan", matted and framed.
4 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (sight), 7 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches (frame).
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Presumably Birch Family, to George R. Birch, to Charles Henry Hart (1847-1918) attorney, art historian, and academic,
Collection of Ron Hoffman and Tony Gampetro.
