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Silhouette

Title:
Untitled
Object Name:
Silhouette
Object ID:
1974.024.04
Creator:
Unknown
Place of Origin:
New Hampshire
Date:
circa 1900
Description:
Silhouette of unidentified man, unknown artist, c. 1900. Pen and ink on paper mounted on paperboard. Bust-length, hollow-cut silhouette of a man in profile to left. Backed with black paperboard. Sitter's hair, coat collar, shirt front and high collar, cravat, and waistcoat drawn with pen and ink on white paper. Gold-painted, molded wood frame, unglazed.
Material:
Ink
Paper
Cardboard
Dimensions:
H-4.625 W-4 inches
Provenance:
Owned by Evelyn Fowler Reed's grandmother, Mary Dole Cilley Knox Fowler, wife of Judge Asa Fowler. Mrs. Fowler was the great granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Cilley.
Credit Line:
Gift of Evelyn Fowler Reed
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