Silhouette

Title:: Tabitha Nutter
Object Name:: Silhouette
Object ID:: 1938.001.027
Creator:: Hankes, Master (fl. 1826-1831)
Date:: 1828
Description:: Silhouette of Tabitha Nutter (1802-1861), by Master Hankes (fl. 1826-1831), 1828. Bust-length, cut-and-paste silhouette of a woman, facing right. Sitter is wearing a large comb in hair, neck ruffle and bow. Stamped inscription on reverse: "Gallery of Cuttings. / Cut By / MASTER HANKES / with scissors". Ink inscription on reverse: "Tabitha Nutter Gunnison / Born in Buxton, ME. July 13 1802 / Died in Dover, N.H. Dec. 15, 1861", also in pencil: "Marg Jewell Collection / Wife of Enoch Nutter". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, glazed.
Material:: Paper
Paint
Dimensions:: H-3.6 W-3.1 inches
Provenance:: Purchased by donor from Hugh F. Gunnison (1886-1965), Scarborough, ME, a great nephew of Enoch H. and Tabitha M. (Gunnison) Nutter.
Credit Line:: Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
People:: Hanks, Jarvis F., Nutter, Enoch H. (1801-1880), Nutter, Tabitha M. (1802-1861), Gunnison, Hugh F. (1886-1965), Gunnison, Rhoda E. (1889-1916), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)