Hollow cut silhouette set on black ground of a man facing left, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with foliate and reed borders.
silhouettes
glass (material)
brass (alloy)
Silhouette
Silhouette
Front: "KING"
Reverse: "Hollow cut silhouette / by W. King. / Stamped KING" (Stamped and pencil)
3530
King, William (Artist)
Boston, Massachusetts
5 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1925.619
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