Silhouette
- Title:
- Bessie Hayner Brown
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.060
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)
Artist - Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Bessie Hayner Brown, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1888. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of a woman, facing right wearing a collared shirt with her hair up. Pencil inscription on sitter's head: "Bessie Hayner Brown / Winchester / Mass / BB" The BB appears to be crossed out. Also a quadrisection square above her head. Pencil inscription lower center: "Miss Bessie Brown / Winchester / Mass. / /88-". Rough version of image is drawn on reverse. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18.5 W-15.7 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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