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Silhouette

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Silhouette
Object ID:
1957.044.203 a-c
Creator:
Hammond & FiskeArtist
Date:
1885-1900
Description:
Silhouettes. Portraits of three unidentified women, by Hammond & Fiske, 1885-1900. Pencil on paper. Bust-length profiles. 1957.044.203a is a woman in profile to right wearing her hair up in a Gibson-Girl style: with curls at the back of her neck, and small curls for bangs. Wearing a high collar with lace or jewelry at neck. No inscription. 1957.044.203b is a woman in profile to left, wearing hair up in a bouffant-style and a high collar with lace. On pink-hue paper. Several pencil marks behind sitter's neck. No inscriptions. 1957.004.203c is a woman in profile to left, wearing hair up in a bouffant-style and a high collar with lace. Several lines in the back of the sitter's head possibly to indicate hair, as well as, the outline of a chair stile and finial at lower right. Unframed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-24 W-18 inches
Provenance:
Gift of Emma Clapp Hammond (1880-1973), wife of Harry P. Hammond (1867-1955).
Credit Line:
Gift of Emma C. Hammond
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