Silhouette
- Title:
- Mary Eliza Rolfe
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.132
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P.
Artist - Date:
- 1893
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Mary Eliza Rolfe (b. 1872), by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1893. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of a woman, facing right, Wearing a collared garment with ruffles down the front and her hair worn up, at the back of her neck. Pencil inscription lower center: "Mary Eliza Rolfe / born Nov. 29, 1872, Concord, NH. 58 So. State St. / Fathers name Hiram Rolfe / Drawn by H.P.Hammond / Jan.25/1893 / high comb & eye lash." Image on reverse is the same, except drawn much lighter, and only the name is in the caption. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24.3 W-17.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Rolfe, Mary Eliza
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