The image shows a silhouette of a person standing in profile facing left. The silhouette captures the full-body of the person, with one foot slightly forward and hands placed behind their back. Facial features are not visible, but the profile includes a prominent nose and sloped chin, with medium-length hair styled back. The person is wearing a long coat, trousers, and likely depicts a 19th-century style. The background is beige with a small base below the silhouette bearing cursive writing indicating a date and name. No visible jewelry or objects are held in the person's hands.
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Silhouette of Lieutenant Philip Kearney, Jr.

Auguste Edouart (French, 1789 - 1861)

1841

Medium
painted and cut wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet (irregular): 20.64 × 6.99 cm (8 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Virginia Livingston Hunt)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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