Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Mrs. James B. Martin: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2376
Date:
1879
Medium:
Black prepared paper cut-out laid on heavy card
Dimensions:
card: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. ( 16.5 x 11.7 cm )
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Mrs. James B. Martin / Taken at Coney Island / 9 Aug 1879."
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; cut from black paper and mounted on rectangular white card.
Credit Line:
Gift of Connecticut Historical Society, 1987
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
