Silhouette
- Object Name:
- Silhouette
- Object ID:
- 2001.508.09
- Creator:
Artist - Date:
- circa 1826
- Description:
- Silhouette of Eliza Hunting Robertson (1792-1825). Facing left; hollow cut profile on paper; tri-layered silhouette; main layer is black paper; front layer is white paper, with silhouette cut from the material; "Mrs. Robertson / (Eliza Hunting)" written at bottom left in pencil; back layer is from photo album dating c. 1890s; includes tag on bottom with "Eliza Hunting Robertson" typed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.6 W-3.2 inches
- Provenance:
- In envelope with 2001.508.08-.11 Envelope says: "4 fine silhouettes pasted onto a page of women's photographs from a scrap book. / Silhouettes of: / Nathan Hunting / Eliza Hunting Robertson / Marcy Hunting Foster / Nancy Hunting Tyler. / These with marker for Sinclair (other side. Beard collection) were in the envelope marked Ithamar Ames Beard."
"MSS FIC 1993" Part of a collection (1949.015) of daguerreotypes, photographs, silhouettes and snuff boxes related to the Beard and Foster families donated by descendant Ithamar M. Beard (1872-1955) in 1949. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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