Mrs. Catlin
Silhouette of Thomas Riggs
1851
Physical Qualities
Cut black paper with graphite, mounted on paper, Sheet: 114 × 75 mm. (4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Beverley Riggs
Object Number
2005.42
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; John Beverley Riggs, Wilmington, Delaware
Inscribed: on mount, stamped in black ink: "MRS.CATLIN, / Artist / PATRON OF ARTS / BASE OF THE / ROTHERHITHE / SHAFT / THAMES TUNNEL"; by later hand, on mount in graphite: "Thomas Riggs / Son of Samuel & Margaret / (Norris) Riggs"; by later hand, on frame: "Thomas Riggs silhouette done in London / in 1851 when he was there / to attend the Crystal Palace Exhibition"; on frame, label: "Purnell Galleries/ 407 North Charles Street. Baltimore. Maryland 21201"
