Silhouette of Girlc. 1830Sheet: 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 "
Frame: 5 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 "Cut paper and watercolor on paper; stamped brass matGift of Robert Bishop1985.28.40(including construction) Portrait of a girl presenting right profile hollowcut from cream paper and mounted on inked black paper ground. Broad details of hair and costume painted in monochromatic watercolor: hair gathered at nape of neck in two buns, smoothly painted around head and forming two rolls from forehead to midpoint at top of head; wearing high white collar and white bodice with black neck ribbon tied in bow. The dress has smooth dropped shoulders and leg o'mutton sleeves, black sash around waist. Figure framed three sides by pale pink wash. FRAME: Wooden frame with mitered corners. Deep groove four sides 1/8" from face edge; embossed brass mounted on face of frame and flanged into groove. Cove molded oval 2 1/8" x 3 3/8" (at widest points) contained within beaded inner border 4 1/8"h x 3 1/4"w; rosettes on stippled ground in four corners. 1/4" cove all around surrounded by outer border of overlapping acanthus leaves. Ring, top center, for hanging.152864934Ezra WoodDrawingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.BucklandBucklandUnited StatesMassachusettsThree Dimensional WorksBucklandWORKS ON PAPERObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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