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circular framed silhouette of Elizabeth Barrell, facing right; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Silhouette
marked on back in ink ""Elizabeth Barrell/ Died Nov. 1883""; in pencil "" Elizabeth Barrell""; in pencil ""Died Nov./1883/ George""
Barrell, Elizabeth Sayward, 1799-1883
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.218
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