Silhouette
- Title:
- Mrs. Frank Fisk and Mrs. Webster
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.115
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist ; Fiske, John T. (1864-1940)Artist - Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Mrs. Frank Fisk and Mrs. Webster, attributed to Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1885. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles. Side one: Mrs. Frank Fiske. Woman, facing left, with her hair up in a bun, wearing clothing with a collar. Initial image seems to be at an angle, indicated by lines coming off of neck. Pencil inscription lower center: "Mrs. Frank Fiske / Kansas City". No signature. Side two: Mrs Webster. Woman, facing right, wearing a collared dress with buttons down the front (count 5, +2 possible) and her hair up in a bun. Image is rotated 90 degrees to the left of image on front. Pencil inscription lower center: "Mrs. Webster / Concord / 1885 N.H". Various notes in pencil: next to eyes "eyelash in", to left of main caption "Mrs. Webster /Concord / & 1885 N.H. / John T. Fisk". Below and to the right: "3-large". Also to the right, at upward sloping angle "thin mk." double underlined. Above main caption "bust" underlined. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18.1 W-18.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Fisk, Mrs Frank, Webster, Mrs.
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