Royal Ralph Hinman
MakerMade by
William H. Brown
American, 1808 - 1883
SubjectPortrait of
Royal Ralph Hinman
American, 1785 - 1868
Date1843
MediumSilhouette: cut paper with shadow pencil mounted on wove paper containing lithographic scene with ink wash, mounted on cardboard.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (silhouette height x width): 9 5/16 x 3 3/4in. (23.7 x 9.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 11 7/16in. (35.6 x 29.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 14 1/16 x 11 1/2in. (35.7 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 11 7/16in. (35.6 x 29.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 14 1/16 x 11 1/2in. (35.7 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of William Henry Brown
DescriptionFull length silhouette portrait of a man facing right. He is wearing a coat and trousers and has a top hat on his head. His right arm is resting at his side with a slight bend at the elbow. He stands in the bend of a dirt road with the trunk of a tree behind him. A river or lake and hills or mountains are in the background.
Object number1843.34.11
InscribedInscriptions on verso not visible because silhouette was mounted by Williamstown Art Conservation Center.NotesSubject Note: Royal Ralph Hinman (1785-1868) graduated from Yale in 1804. He studied law at New Milford and Litchfield, and practiced in Litchfield and Roxbury for twenty years. He held numerous elected and appointed offices, including judge and Representative in the General Assembly. He became Connecticut Secretary of State in 1835.On View
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