Silhouette
- Title:
- Sarah Kimball
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1984.099.35.33
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Silhouette. Portrait of Sarah Kimball (1779-1869), unknown artist, c. 1810. Paper on textile. Bust-length, hollow-cut silhouette of a woman, facing right. Sitter has hair up with bangs over forehead. Black textile backing. Pencil inscription front upper left: "Sarah Kimball of Concord / N.H. Daughter of John / Kimball & his / wife Anna". Ink inscription reverse: "Silhouette of Aunt Sally Kimball". Handwritten paper reads: "This was found in an old leather pocket book / belonging to Colonel Samuel Bradley, brother of Richard / Bradley of Concord, N.H. by Lucy wife of Moses / Hazen Bradley, and given to me by her. / Sunday, March 5, 1911 / George M. Kimball / Grand nephew of Sarah Kimball". Silhouette sandwiched in glass, edges taped.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-4.8 W-3.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Collection of Kimball family objects from the Kimball-Jenkins House, 366 North Main Street Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Carolyn Louise Jenkins
- People:
- Kimball, George Morrill (1855-1927), Bradley, Samuel Ayer (1774-1844), Bradley, Richard (1790-1869), Bradley, Moses Hazen (1833-1908), Bradley, Lucy, Kimball, Sarah (1779-1869), Jenkins, Carolyn L. (1930-1981)
- Subjects:
- Silhouettes
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