Sold for:
$1,880
$1,880
Silhouette Portrait of Charles Carroll, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, attributed to Charles Willson Peale, early 19th century, the subject identified in inscriptions on the backing, hollow cut bust-length portrait backed with black silk, with embossed "Peales Museum" mark, 5 x 3 1/2 in. in a period molded giltwood frame. Note Charles Carroll (1737-1832) was a member of the Continental Congress (1776-1778), U. S. Senator, an original director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Maryland. It was said that Carroll was the wealthiest man in America in the early 1800s.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-03
