Silhouette
- Title:
- L. Edith Hammond
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.050
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)
Artist - Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of L. Edith Hammond, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1886. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust-length profiles of a woman, facing right, wearing a frilled collar and her hair in either a braid or ponytail. Probably braid, due to gaps between the hair and the person's back. Hair also appears to have a ribbon in it. Pencil inscription lower center: "L. Edith Hammond / Winchester Mass. / March 31, 1886". Also "-daughter / Leonard Hammond". Signed HPH in monogram. Image on back is a rougher copy of the front, with no writing. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-21.5 W-16.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Hammond, L. Edith
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