Silhouette
- Title:
- Estelle Frances Ward
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.176
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist - Date:
- 1893
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Estelle Frances Ward (b. 1840), by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1893. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of a woman, facing right with hair up, styled on the back of her head, and curly bangs. Pencil inscription lower center: "Estelle Frances Ward / Evanston, Ill / born Chicago, Ill / father Joseph F. Ward / taken Aug. 26/93 / at Penacook, NH". On reverse, much smaller silhouette; it is also more loosely drawn with hair up in curly bun, and several upcurving lines indicate bangs. Sitter's nose and mouth are different than front side, possibly a different sitter? Pencil inscription lower center: "Estelle France Ward of Wellesley (?) [underlined] / born 1840, Christmas". Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-14.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Ward, Estelle F
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