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Silhouette

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1810-1825

GUSN

GUSN-58854

Description

This double cut (shoulder section cut separately from the head) hollow-cut, bust-length portrait of a young man shows faint pencil detailing on the uncut stock (a type of neck tie that buckled in back) around his neck. Framed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
Silhouette

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 4 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2941

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