- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Dickey, Samuel, 1818 - 1884
- Date
- ca. 1825
- Medium
- wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 2 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5.5 × 3.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11 × 8.7 cm)
- Description
- Hollow-cut silhouette unspecified member of the Dickey family, likely Samuel Dickey. Silhouette faces proper right or the viewer's left and is created by a darker sheet of paper placed under a light colored paper that has had a negative image traced and then cut away. Immediately beneath silhouette is faded embossed stamp reading [PEALE'S MUSEUM]. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. At bottom center in pencil is [3]. There are no marks on the back.
- Place made
- Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- silhouettes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.21.2.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




