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Silhouette

Object Name:
Silhouette
Object ID:
2001.508.11
Creator:
Artist
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
1826
Description:
Silhouette of Nancy Hunting Tyler (1796-1846). 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; "Aunt Tyler 2 / (Nancy Hunting)" written at bottom center in pencil; back layer is from photo album dating c. 1890s; includes tag on bottom with "Marcy Hunting Foster" typed.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-4.5 W-3.3 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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