[Charles Fenderich] - Print, Library of Congress collection

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.
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.
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.
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.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
DCRM(G) test - silhouettes, supplied title and place of production