Rectangular framed silhouette of a gentleman, facing right; white paper on black silk; "KING" impressed in lower left; Pine frame with gilt on gesso and nailed twisted inner frame;
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
pine (wood)
Silhouette
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
King (Maker)
5 1/4 x 4 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.314
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