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Culture:American
Title:silhouette
Date Made:1820-1830
Type:Silhouette
Materials:paper, textile, wood
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts
Measurements:Frame: 5 x 4 1/16 x 15/16 in; 12.7 x 10.3 x 2.4 cm; Sheet: 4 x 3 7/16 in; 10.2 x 8.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2006.34.3
Credit Line:Gift of William A. Hosie, Jr. and Christin A. Couture
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

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. Half-length portrait with hollow-cut silhouette face of a young man who might be Ebenezer Montague (1799-1878) or Horace Montague (1810-1834), brothers of Jerusha Montague (1797-1835) who married Justus Smith (1790-1846) in 1820. This silhouette came with silhouettes of Amanda Amsden (HD 2006.34.1) and Justus and Jerusha Smith (HD 2006.2).

Subjects:
Textile fabrics

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