Silhouette
- Title:
- Elizabeth Whitcomb Gates
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1977.021.001
- Creator:
- Whitcomb, James Hosley (1806-1849)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Silhouette of Elizabeth Whitcomb Gates (1795-1877), by James Hosley Whitcomb (1806-1849), c. 1830. Hollow-cut silhouette with watercolor details. Woman, in profile to right; wearing a cap, dress with ruffled collar, and a red ribbon tied around neck; curvilinear bottom edge with notch cut out. Black textile backing. Loose sheet of paper between fabric and backboard. Pencil inscription on reverse of silhouette: "Mrs Joel Gates / Probably Cut by / James H. Whitcomb." Gilded gesso over flat-profile wood frame.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-3.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired with household goods, photographs, and other memorabilia of the Hammond / Kimball families of Concord, NH. Priscilla Hammond (1900-1977) was the daughter of Otis G. Hammond (1869-1944), former Director of NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Gates, Elizabeth W. (1795-1877), Whitcomb, James H. (1806-1849), Hammond, Priscilla (1900-1977)
- Subjects:
- Siblings, Silhouettes, Gates, Elizabeth Whitcomb
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