Silhouette
- Title:
- Edith A. Ayling
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1957.044.013
- Creator:
- Hammond, Harry P. (1867-1955)
Artist - Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Silhouette. Portrait of Edith A. Ayling, by Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955), 1888. Pencil on paper. Bust-length profile of a woman, facing right, with her hair up, wearing a fitting high collar. The silhouette has been drawn twice, but over itself and off center. Various notes scrawled over the front of the paper, including: "OK / keep" and a list of sitter's names and possibly prices. Very small drawing of house in the bottom left corner. Pencil inscription lower center: E.A. Ayling / daughter of Gen. A. D. Ayling / "Dec.'88" / "Miss Edith Ayling". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-18.7 W-17.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma C. Hammond
- Subjects:
- Ayling, Edith
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