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Silhouette Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1790-1820

GUSN

GUSN-103910

Description

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black ground of a old woman facing left wearing a bonnet, mounted in a veneered wood frame with small rectangular opening.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE

Inscription

"Aunt P's / Great - Great / Grandmother / Buffum - / 18th / C" (Paper label)

Additional Identification Number

3643

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Olive Percival

Accession Number

1947.116

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