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Cut paper picture

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1768-1814

GUSN

GUSN-103791

Description

Silhouette cut from white paper and set on a cream paper of a peacock and squirrel perched in a tree.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
Picture, Cut-paper

Inscription

"cut by / Susanna Hickling - / born 1741. died 1814. / daughter of William Hickling / and Sarah Sale. / wife of Lemuel Cox - " (Paper label)

Additional Identification Number

3519

Maker

Cox, Susanna Hickling (Artist)

Location of Origin

Boston or Charlestown, Massachusetts

Dimensions

6 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Susanna Willard

Accession Number

1921.64

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