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Silhouette Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1824-1827

GUSN

GUSN-103841

Description

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from black paper and set on white card of a man facing right, mounted in a gilded wood frame with bead border, glass on reverse to show back for silhouette.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE

Inscription

"Cut with Scissors / by Master Hubard, / Without Drawing or Machine / at the / Gallery of Cuttings, / and Panharmonicon Concert Room." (Ink stamp)

Additional Identification Number

3570

Maker

Hubard, William James (Artist)

Location of Origin

New York, NY

Dimensions

6 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 1/2 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1926.608

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