Museum Collections
Luce Center
Miss M. Kershaw: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2620b
Date:
1859
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; verso of silhouette Z.2620a
Dimensions:
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in ink: lower left: "M Kershaw"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "M. Kershaw"
Description:
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper. Another silhouette on verso.
Gallery Label:
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.