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Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fidèle Edouart
1789-1861
Rev. John Pierpont, his wife and their granddaughter, Mary Lord
Silhouettes in black paper, mounted on cardboard.
11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (298 x 309 mm)
Gift of John P. Morgan, II.
1975.16
Inscription:
Inscribed in an old hand, in brown ink, on strips of paper mounted below figures on cardboard, at lower left, "Rev. Jn. Pierpont / Boston 13th June 1842"; and at lower right, "Mrs. Pierpont"; inscribed on verso of each figure, in brown ink, "Rev. Jn. Pierpont / Boston 13th June 1842. Mary Lord Pierpont. At 3 yrs / Grand-daughter of Rev. Jn. Pierpont; Mrs: Pierpont Boston June 13 1842 / 18 Essex St.".
Provenance:
Mrs. J. P. Morgan; by descent to her son, Junius S. Morgan; John P. Morgan, II.
Associated names:
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, John P. (John Pierpont), 1918-2004, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 261
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