ca. 1865
GUSN-6531
At left is silhouette of young woman positive-cut-out of white paper, facing right; at right, an elderly woman with cap cut-out of white paper facing left; framed together in black painted rectangular wood frame; under glass; black mat with two gilded oval reserves.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Silhouette
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
6.25 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1324.1
New Hampshire (United States)
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