Silhouette
- Title:
- Elihu Blake
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1995.645.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1839
- Description:
- Silhouette of Elihu Blake (1764-1849), unknown artist, c. 1839. Bust-length, hollow cut silhouette of a man, facing left. Sitter appears bald and has a tied cravat. Backed with black paper. Ink inscription on frame backing paper: "This silhouette of my grandfather / Elihu Blake / of Westboro Mass - was / taken at the age of about 75 / and given to me by my mother / in 1848. / JWBarstow." Printed on reverse of frame backing paper (partial): "for one year, three for two years, and three / by the election of three member for a / alumnus. Checks may be sent to Mr. E.M. / [Ha]nover, New Hampshire, or if more convenient / Henry H. Hilton '90 Chairman. / Sanford Henry Steele '70. / Thomas William Proctor '79. / Luther Bartlett Little ' 82. / Joseph Frank Moore '83. / Joseph Albert Ford '95 / Harry Clinton Morrison ' 95. / Irving Joseph French '01. / James Frank Drake '02. " Gilded molded wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.3 W-3.25 inches
- Credit Line:
- Found in Collections
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