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Rectangular silhouette of an unidentified man, facing left; face cut away from white paper and set on black cloth backing; hair, collar and coat with yellow striping painted in watercolors; glazed; gilt simple molded wooden frame.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
wood (plant material)
Silhouette
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
4 7/8 x 4 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.356
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