Silhouette
- Title:
- Cynthia Morgan Thorn
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1927.015.11
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1836
- Description:
- Silhouette of Cynthia Morgan Thorn (1804-1892), unknown artist, c. 1836. Pencil on paper, mounted on cardboard. Bust-length hollow-cut silhouette of a woman in profile to left. Black paper backing. Sitter has hair up with large decorative comb, and is wearing a dress with a ruffled lace collar. Details of collar and coiffure added in pencil. Ink inscription on frame backing: "Cynthia Morgan- / m. Calvin Thorne of / Salisbury, N.H. Aug. 31, / 1836. / Mrs. Cynthia Morgan Thorne / 1836 / B. Dec. 9,1804. / D. Dec. 22, 1892 / Concord, N.H." Paper address label on frame reverse: "John C. Thorne / 216 N. Main Street / Concord, N.H." along with printed paper label: "8". Gilded gesso over oval wood frames with black and gold eglomise borders; silhouette and glass is mounted on cardboard with taped edges.
- Material:
- Paper
Pencil - Dimensions:
- H-6.6 W-5.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Given by the subject's son, John C. Thorne, whose address label is on reverse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John Calvin Thorne
- Subjects:
- Thorne
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