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Silhouette

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Silhouette
Object ID:
1966.030.57
Creator:
Unknown
Date:
circa 1830
Description:
Silhouette of an unidentified woman, unknown artist, c. 1830. Pen and ink on paper. Bust-length, hollow-cut silhouette of a woman in profile to right. Sitter has hair up with decorative comb and is wearing a dress with ruffled collar. Outline of hair, eyelashes, and collar added in ink. Black paper backing whipstitched to white paper on left edge. Unsigned. Stamped brass over wood frame with oval window, rosettes in four corners, glazed.
Material:
Ink
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.5 W-2.75 inches
Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
Subjects:
Silhouettes
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