Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Rev. John Pierpont, his wife and their granddaughter, Mary Lord

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Augustin-Amant-Constant-Fidèle Edouart
1789-1861

Rev. John Pierpont, his wife and their granddaughter, Mary Lord

11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (298 x 309 mm)
Silhouettes in black paper, mounted on cardboard.
1975.16

Gift of John P. Morgan, II.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in an old hand, in brown ink, on strips of paper mounted below figures on cardboard, at lower left, "Rev. Jn. Pierpont / Boston 13th June 1842"; and at lower right, "Mrs. Pierpont"; inscribed on verso of each figure, in brown ink, "Rev. Jn. Pierpont / Boston 13th June 1842. Mary Lord Pierpont. At 3 yrs / Grand-daughter of Rev. Jn. Pierpont; Mrs: Pierpont Boston June 13 1842 / 18 Essex St.".
Associated names
Morgan, Jane Norton, 1868-1925, former owner.
Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960, former owner.
Morgan, John P. (John Pierpont), 1918-2004, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 261
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department