Silhouette
- Title:
- Mary Niles
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.141
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)
Artist - Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Mary Niles (1867-1936), by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1886. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of a woman, facing right, wearing a collared garment, with her hair either short or up (hard to tell in silhouette). Pencil inscription lower center: "Mary Niles / Concord / NH / 1886". Image on reverse is similar, but with collared dress with three visible large buttons down the front, and hair is definitely put up. An 'X' is drawn on the head of the subject, and pencil inscription lightly drawn lower center: "M. Niles / N. Good". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-19.9 W-15.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
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