Circular framed silhouette of Mary Barrell, facing left; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Silhouette
marked on verso in ink ""Mary Barrell/ D June 1889""; marked in pencil below ""Mary Barrell/ Died June 1889""
Barrell, Mary Sayward, 1803-1889
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.219
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