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Silhouette

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1830

GUSN

GUSN-103787

Description

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a young woman facing left wearing a hair comb and wide lace collar, mounted in a gilded molded wood frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE

Inscription

"Mary Bellow Stone Stone. / Watertown Mass (Belmont) / - 1830 - / FROM / JOHN H> REEVES / Picture Framer and Gilder / 293 ESSEX STREET, .. SALEM, MASS. / # 1914.12 Gift of Mrs. D.A. Russell Waverly, Mass." (Paper label)

Associated Person

Reeves, John H., Mr.
Stone, Mary Bellows, 1811-1886

Additional Identification Number

3515

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Watertown, Mass

Dimensions

6 in x 5 1/4 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1914.12

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