Silhouette

Title:

Anthony C. Hardy Jr. / Jessie Corning

Object Name:

Silhouette

Object ID:

1957.044.039

Creator:

Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1885

Description:

Silhouettes. Portraits of Anthony C. Hardy Jr. and Jessie Corning, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1885. Pencil on paper. Double-sided, bust length profiles; Side one: A. C. Hardy. Man, wearing collared shirt, facing right. Moustache detailed in. Face drawn with a double line from the top of the forehead down to the bottom of the upper lip. The secondary line is inside the one that connects to the main silhouette. Two arrows indicate points on the nose. One outside the silhouette indicates high along the bridge, the other, inside the silhouette, indicates lower on the bridge. Pencil inscription lower center: "A. C. Hardy Jnr. / Feb. 10, 1885." To the right of inscription: "(Son Rev. A. C. Hardy of / No. State St / Concord, N.H." Signed "H.P.H." below. Side two: Jessie Corning. Woman with her hair up, facing right, wearing a dress with large buttons down the front. Extra hair detail added for bangs. Pencil inscription lower center:"Miss Jessie Corning / Feb. 10, 1885." Signed "H.P.H." below. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-20.7 W-17.4 inches

Provenance:

Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).

Credit Line:

Gift of Emma C. Hammond

Subjects:

Hardy, A C Jr, Corning, Jessie