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Miniature Silhouette Portrait

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1825-1835

GUSN

GUSN-60497

Description

Male in bust length profile; white stock and tie.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (paintings)
silhouettes
lithography
paper (fiber product)
Sculpture
Miniature
Miniature

Inscription

"Yours most truly/ John Merry" (handwritten)

Associated Person

Merry?, John

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 3 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2744

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