Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2467b
Date:
c. 1800
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay mounted on album page
Dimensions:
image height: 3 1/8 in. ( 7.9 cm )
sheet: 11 x 8 in. ( 27.9 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription in ink: on front of sheet: "Examples of / Head Dressing / 125-150 years ago."
inscription in ink: on second (loose) sheet: "Made in / Eastern Mass / 125-150 years ago."
Inscriptions:
Album page inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Examples of / Head Dressing / 125-150 years ago."
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from cream paper with black paper backing; mounted on rectangular sheet with two other silhouettes of female subjects.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
