Title: charles fenderich
abstract: drawing shows a full-length silhouette of artist charles fenderich seated on a chair in a room near an open balcony. Fenderich holds a lithograph crayon in his left hand, a silhouette of a dog sits at his feet and a silhouette bust portrait of artist augustin edouart is on a pedestal to the left of the picture. A parrot rests on a hanging perch near the center of the scene. Physical description: 1 picture: 3 cut black paper silhouettes on sepia ink wash paper;sheet 38 x 28 cm. Notes: the silhouettes were hand cut by augustin edouart. The ink wash drawing is attributed to artist charles fenderich.;silhouettes were cut from black paper and mounted on an ink wash drawing of an interior scene, which serves as the background.;forms part of: popular graphic art print filing series (library of congress).;notation (in an unknown hand) on the back of the sheet reads: self portrait bust of augustin edouart. He was in united states 1839-49.;the fenderich silhouette measures roughly 16 x 15 cm, the dog silhouette measures 7 x7 cm, and the bust silhouette of edouart measures 8 x 4 cm.;title, date, and place of production supplied from "charles fenderich, lithographer of american statesmen. Washington, d. C. : library of congress, 1959. Date: 1841.
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