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Pair of hollow cut bust length silhouette portraits set over black cloth of a woman facing right and a man facing left, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders.
silhouettes
glass (material)
brass (alloy)
Silhouette
Silhouette
Front: "KING" [stamped on each portrait]
Reverse: "Cut by / Wm. King." (Stamps and Pencil)
3534
King, William (Artist)
Salem or Boston, Massachusetts
4 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1925.624
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