Silhouette
- Title:
- Lucy Farrar Hall Clary
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1992.033.02
- Creator:
- Chamberlain, William (1790-1860)
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Silhouette. Portrait of Lucy Farrar Hall Clary (1789-1873), attributed to William Chamberlain (1790-1860), c. 1830. Pen and ink on paper on paperboard. Hollow-cut, bust-length profile silhouette of a woman, facing right. Sitter is wearing her hair up with hair comb, and lace collar. Sitter's head and hair outlined in black ink. Backed with black paper mounted on paperboard. Unsigned. Paper label with ink inscription on backing: "Mrs. Lucy Farrar / Hall Clary". Wooden frame with stamped brass face and oval window, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
Ink - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-3 inches
- Provenance:
- Received in exchange for two framed Conn. family records (1976.35.13) which had been deaccessioned.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Connecticut Historical Society by exchange
- Subjects:
- Clary, Lucy Farrar Hall
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