Description:
Silhouettes were the most expedient and inexpensive form of portraiture available to New Englanders in the early 19th century. Profiles were so cheap, costing about ten cents apiece, that an artist's profit was dependent on making them as quickly as possible. Image of a man with straight hair and a sharp nose, he has a cravat and a ruffle, as well as a suit jacket, the silhouette is has pencil Modern paper label on the backboard reads: " My father/ IX 9/ Jacob Simonds/ Hannah Simons/ MacKay/belonged to Lucy/ E. E. M." and "E.E.M." in ink on a backboard. Under the backboard on a piece of cardboard within the frame is an inscription, "Esther E. Meyer" and "My father/Jacob Simonds/ (Hannah Simonds MacKay) and the same information on another piece of paper within the frame. More research needs to be done - but could be Jacob Simonds of Northboro, Massachusetts

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