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A hollow cut, bust length profile of a little girl, facing left. It is backed with black fabric and her hair and bodice are heightened in pencil and ink. It is in a simple bolection molded black frame.
silhouettes
cloth
cutting (dividing)
graphite (mineral)
ink
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
wood (plant material)
busts (figures)
children (people by age group)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
Girl
Child
Silhouette
In ink in the lower margin is: Eunice Goodwin.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Eunice Goodwin
Eunice Goodwin
Unknown
4.5 x 3.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.695
Massachusetts (United States)
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