Shadow silhouette president John Quincy Adams pre 1889

Shadow silhouette, full-length portrait in profile view from the left, legs crossed, on the lap a manuscript, writing on it with a quill.

Early work of the artist, made after a template, depicting the 6th U.S. President John Quincy Adams and inscribed. The original copied by young Adams is a silhouette made by William James Hubbard (1807-1862) in 1822 in the White House that was published several times (s. literature).

JQAW# Z_1888_010
Ink on paper dimensions unknown.
Signature: unsigned.
Private collection Germany

Cross-references

Exhibited

Literature

Elbridge S. Brooks, The Century book of famous Americans,
The Century Co. New York, 1896.

Provenance

Mary and Luise Teltscher, sisters of the artist Vienna (and after 1938 USA).
Exported to the USA in 1951 to Luise Teltscher, Boston (BDA 1210/51).
Before 1985 gift to Harriet Walderdorff Salzburg.
Her family descendants,
private collection Germany.