Silhouette
- Title:
- Ruth Isabel Eastman and Fanny Lang
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.105
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist - Date:
- 1883-1895
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Ruth Isabel Eastman and Fanny Lang, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), c. 1885. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles. Side one: Ruth Eastman. Woman, facing right, wearing a frilly dress and her hair short. Pencil inscription lower left: "This is Ruth Isabel Eastman / of Portland Maine. / She lived in Portland / She died in peace." No signature. Side two: Fanny Lang. Woman, facing right, wearing a high neck-fitting collar and her hair very short. Pencil inscription lower center: "Miss Fanny Lang / Dec. 10, 1885. / H.P. Hammond." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22.3 W-17.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Eastman, Ruth, Lang, Fanny
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