Hollow cut bust length silhouette set over a black ground of a man facing left with painted details for shirt and hair, mounted in a veneered wood frame with black mat with oval opening and painted gold decoration around edge and corners.
silhouettes
glass (material)
SILHOUETTE
Paper Tag: "Mrs. T.A. Lawton"
Pencil: "Wm. Gammell" (Pencil and paper tag)
Gammell, William, Mr.
3731
Unknown
American
6 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1922.145
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