Silhouette
- Title:
- Mrs. Pearly Cleavers
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.052
- Creator:
- Fiske, John T. (1864-1940)
Artist - Date:
- 1885
- Description:
- Silhouette. Portrait of Mrs. Pearly Cleavers, by John T. Fiske (1864-1940), 1885. Pencil on paper. Bust-length profile of an older woman, facing right, wearing her hair up and multiple top garments with collars. Seven G-clef symbols are sketched along the top right of the paper. Three arrows point at various points on the drawing: one points at a hairpiece that has been crossed out, the second points at the bridge of the nose, and the third is aimed at neck. Pencil inscription lower center: "Mrs. Pearly Cleavers / J. T. Fiske / Dec. 7, 1885." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22.7 W-16.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Cleavers, Pearly
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