Silhouette
- Title:
- Lucius Bowles Morrill
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1973.014.01
- Creator:
- Brown, William Henry (1808-1883)
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Silhouette. Portrait of Lucius Bowles Morrill (1813-1882), by William H. Brown (1808-1883), c. 1840. Cut-and-paste silhouette figure, full-length standing in profile; facing right; arms appear crossed and one leg is in slightly in front of the other; wearing a hunting-style cap, three-quarter-length coat, trousers, and boots. Lithograph background with trees framing left side of picture, river in middle distance, view of town and hills beyond. Signed on stone in lower left corner "Wm. H. Brown". Subject identified by pencil inscription on frame backing paper (now removed in accession folder): "Silhouette of / Lucius Bowles Morrill / Born Weare, N.H. Jan. 13, 1813. / Died Concord, N.H. Oct. 9, 1882." On back of cardboard to which paper is glued: "Lucius B. Morrill / Concord, N.H. / about 1840." Molded wood frame with black and gold striped center molding, gilded interior molding, gray mat, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-15 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Silhouette of Lucius B. Morrill (1813-1882) of Concord, acquired from the estate of Marion Silsby (1892-1973).
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Silhouettes, Morrill, Lucius Bowles
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