Silhouette
- Title:
- Martha Warde / Alice Warde
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.123
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist - Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Martha Warde and Alice Warde, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1885. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of women. Side one: Martha Warde. Woman, facing right, wearing a high collared dress and her hair up. Pencil inscription lower center: "Mard. Dr. Edward French / of Concord. / Director of State Hospital / Miss Martha Warde / Dec. 7, 1885." Inscription along left edge "Best picture". Signed lower left: "H.P. Hammond". Side two: Alice Ward. Woman, facing right, wearing a collared dress with large, round buttons down the front (count 7). Image is off center to the left, partially off the paper. Pencil inscription lower center: "Miss Alice Ward / Dec. 7, 1885. / Concord / NH". The "NH" is cut off about halfway down by the bottom edge of the paper. Signature of "H.P. Hammond" is also cut off on the second "m" by the left edge. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24.7 W-16.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Warde, Martha, Warde, Alice
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