The Roper Farmstead, Sayville
MakerMade by
Mary Way
American, 1769 - 1833
Date1814
MediumSilhouette; cut paper, black ink, and watercolor on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/4 x 12in. (19.7 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 3/4 x 12in. (19.7 x 30.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 12in. (19.7 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 3/4 x 12in. (19.7 x 30.5cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 12in. (19.7 x 30.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionFull-length profile portraits of a man, a woman, and two children. The woman stands at the left. In front of her, a girl wearing a short dress offered a handful of grass or hay to a donkey. A boy wearing a beaked cap sits astride the donkey. The man stands at the right, facing left, wearing a broad-brimmed hat and boots. He holds what appears to be a broom. A dog stands behind him. The people appear to be standing in a grassy field with trees in the background.
Object number2013.188.0
InscribedOn recto, lower left, in black ink, "The Roper / Farmstead / Sayville"On verso, upper left, in pencil, "Mr. Thos. Roper / Mrs. Thos. Roper / Maria Roper / Thos. Roper Jr. / Andy the dog / Sept. 10 1814"; lower right, in pencil, accession number
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