Silhouette
- Title:
- Mary Chase and Frank Mills
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.157
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist - Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Mary Chase and Frank Mills, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1885. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles. Side one: Mary Chase. Woman, facing right, wearing her hair up and a high-collared dress. Pencil inscription on sitter's head: "M.C." ; lower center: "Mary Chase 1885 Dec. Exeter . N.H."; and lower right: "3-". Side two: Frank Mills. Man facing right; head only. Strand of hair comes down over sitter's forehead. Pencil inscriptions around sitter's eyes, nose, and mouth: "in"; and on sitter's head: "F.M.-". Pencil inscription upper center: "Frank Mills / Dec. 1885 N.Y. 3-". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-17.5 W-11.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Chase, Mary
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