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William Buckland and his wife Mary and son Frank, Examining Buckland's Natural History Collection

(French, 1789–1861)
about 1828–29
Medium/TechniqueSilhouette, cut black paper pasted down on cream paper ground; a few elaborations in black pen and wash
DimensionsSight: 31.8 x 43.2 cm (12 1/2 x 17 in.)
Framed: 42.5 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm (16 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 1 in.)
Credit LineMary L. Smith Fund
Accession number66.964
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilhouettes
Collections
InscriptionsNames of sitters inscribed in verso. Lower left margin in pen: Augn Edouart fecit 18 . ."
Provenance1966, sold by Marika's Antiques, Boston, to the MFA for $160. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)
Auguste Edouart
1841
Auguste Edouart
1834
Auguste Edouart
1830
Auguste Edouart
1841
Auguste Edouart
1841
William Hunt Diederich
about 1920
William Hunt Diederich
about 1925
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
about 1839
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1839
Untitled
Juliann Cydylo
2001
Maxim Karolik
Eveline V. Maydell
1931