Silhouette
- Title:
- Mary Jane Mansfield Wilson
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 1994.026.01
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1837
- Description:
- Silhouette of Mary Jane Mansfield Wilson (1819-1895), unknown artist, c. 1837. Three-quarter length silhouette of a woman in profile, facing right; only sitter's head is cut out. Her hair drawn in pencil, body drawn with black ink, hands and neck in white watercolor. Sitter is wearing a black dress with white fichu with pin, white belt buckle with black and red dots. She is holding a blue book in her left hand. Black textile backing. Ink inscription on backing board: "Mary Jane Mansfield Wilson / Born Oct 14 1819 / Picture taken about 1837 / d. July 10 1895". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame with brass loop, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-4.3 W-3.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan, Portsmouth, NH.
Mary Jane Mansfield Wilson (1819-1895), Penacook, NH. Great aunt (great-grandmother’s sister) of Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan. Married to Thomas O. Wilson. Lived on Harris Hill, in Penacook. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Wilson, Mary Jane Mansfield
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