Franz Anton Hoffmeister, 1754-1812, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 260; center: (in brown ink) Hoffmeister; l. c.: (in brown ink) FitzGibbon / Dublin
Provenance: Capt. H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, The Bungalow, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 21 June 1923.
This is no. 13 on FitzGibbon list: "Hoffmeister (silhouette)."
Condition: Appears to have been torn from its original mounting. The silhouette itself is not damaged, but the original paper with engraved oval frame of leaves is badly torn with losses and paper adhesions. The cardboard mount is also badly damaged and torn.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.