Rectangular framed oval silhouette of a gentleman, facing left, inked hair; white paper on black; Pine frame with burnished tin applied front with beaded edge and rosettes in corners.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
ink
pine (wood)
Silhouette
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
5 3/16 x 4 3/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.319
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