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This hollow cut, double cut (shoulder area cut separately from head) silhouette portrait of a man facing left is set over a black ground. The details for hair and waistcoat were drawn in with ink. It is mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with reed and bead borders.
silhouettes
glass (material)
brass (alloy)
SILHOUETTE
"probably Wm Chamberlain / abt 1820" (Pencil)
3526
Possibly Chamberlain, William (Artist)
Probably American
4 3/4 in x 4 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1922.151
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