Unidentified Man
William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Image (approx): 7.9 × 7 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/4"); Book closed: 47.3 × 34.9 × 4.8 cm (18 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 1 7/8"); Book open: 47.3 × 66.7 × 4.8 cm (18 5/8 × 26 1/4 × 1 7/8")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Silhouettes Both · 99%
The museum classifies the work as a silhouette, and the image visibly shows a dark cut-paper profile against a pale paper ground.
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Portrait Both · 99%
The catalog lists Portrait as a subject, while the image presents a single human likeness in profile.
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Individual Portrait Both · 96%
The title identifies an unidentified man, and the image isolates one sitter rather than a group or narrative scene.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 90%
The composition is nearly monochrome, with an opaque near-black cut form set against a cream-colored support.
Medium and Techniques
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Paper Cut-Outs Both · 99%
The medium is identified as cut coated paper mounted on paper, and the image clearly shows a paper cut-out attached to a support.
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Album, Folio and Fan Formats Both · 94%
The work is cataloged in connection with a Book/Album, and the image shows a mounted page with a visible fold or binding edge at right.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to circa 1804–1806, within the nineteenth century.
Materials
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Use of Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies cut coated paper mounted on paper as the medium.
Source & rights
William Bache, 22 Dec 1771 - 9 Jul 1845. Unidentified Man. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise.