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Silhouette Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1930-1940

GUSN

GUSN-103981

Description

Bust length silhouette portrait of a woman facing right with flowers in her hair, mounted in a wood frame with shaped corners with a molded gilt metal inner border and a green floral mat with an oval opening.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE

Inscription

"COPY / One of a page of six, show- / ing the fashions of the day / from / BACHE'S SCRAPBOOK" (Paper label)

Additional Identification Number

3729

Maker

Bache, William (Artist)

Location of Origin

American

Dimensions

5 in x 4 in x 3/8 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Olive Percival

Accession Number

1947.105

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