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. Profile portrait of a man with a cravat and ruffle front shirt,, cut out from paper and placed on a black silk? textile, framed in a black painted molded frame, has original hanging ring, Modern paper label on the backboard reads, "Mrs. George Ingalls/Esther E. Meyer/ # X 10" and in pencil "E. Meyer". Condition: Small water stain along lower left edge of the silhouette

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Glass; Silk

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