Silhouette
- Title:
- Ida Shepard / Arthur F. Shepard
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.031
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Silhouettes. Portraits of Ida Shepard and Arthur F. Shepard, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1886. Pencil on paper. Double sided profiles; Side one: Ida Shepard. Bust-length silhouette of a woman, facing right with her hair up. Bangs are heavily emphasized. Blouse has large buttons down the front. Pencil inscription lower center: "Ida Shepard / H.P.H. Jan. 18, 1886". Side two: Arthur F Shepard. Bust-length silhouette of a man, facing right, wearing a collared shirt and a moustache (drawn in). "Good" written in pencil below the back of the neck, slanted up to the right. Pencil inscription lower center: "Arthur F Shepard / Concord / H.P.H. Jan. 18, 1886". The 'F' is squashed in between "Arthur" and "Shepard", apparently as an afterthought. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18.5 W-18.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Shepard, Ida, Shepard, Arthur
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