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Silhouette bust portrait of a young boy facing left. Chalk highlights accent the ruffles and folds of his clothing.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
chalk
wood (plant material)
Silhouette
"BACHE'S / PATENT" (impressed)
"Ancient Sihouette from / Miss Jane P. Phillips. 1910 / UNKNOWN except that / it is one of the family. / Probably S.C.P. or one / of his older children. / There is a very similar one in / same sort of frame of Capt. Stephen Phillips. / Labelled by Stephen W. Phillips / in 1911" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P266
FD351
Bache, William (Artist)
5 9/16 x 5 9/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.689
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