Silhouette
- Title:
- Benjamin Wood Jr.
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1959.066.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Silhouette of Benjamin Wood, Jr. (1777-1841), unknown artist, c. 1825. Bust-length silhouette of a man in profile to left; only head is hollow-cut; sitter's coat and collar uncut and woodblock printed. Backed with black paper. Unsigned. Ink inscription under bust: "Benj Wood Jr", and upper center above sitter's head: "1777-1841". Paper label with typed inscription on frame's back board: " BENJAMIN WOOD, JR., (1777-1841) / Lived in East Alstead 1780 to about / 1800 and 1819-1841. Cooper by trade. / Ten years Town Clerk of Orange, N.H. / "Remember that the desine [sic] of an edu- / cation is that we may be better enabled / to serve our Creator and be more useful / in the world." July 17, 1816. / "There is nothing certain in this / life but death and may we be ready for / that great change." May 24, 1831." Stained wood frame with satinwood string inlay, glazed; black mat with rounded upper corners.
- Material:
- Paper
Ink - Dimensions:
- H-4.3 W-3.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Benjamin Wood (1777-1841) lived in East Alstead and Orange, NH. He is father of Gilbert Wood (1822-1850). Gilbert Wood was a writing instructor and daguerreotypist.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert F. Wood
- Subjects:
- Wood, Benjamin
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