Historic New England

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette cut from white paper and set on black silk of a woman facing right wearing a bonnet, mounted in a painted black frame with oval opening and grape cluster finding at top.

Date: 1800-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103888

Accession Number: 1947.44

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over white paper of a woman facing right, mounted in a gilt and painted wood frame with molded relief floral sprays applied at corners and oval opening.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103889

Accession Number: 1947.45

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set over black silk of a young woman facing right, mounted in a painted black wood frame with oval opening with gilt border, brass grape cluster hanging mount at top of frame.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103890

Accession Number: 1947.46

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set on black silk of a woman facing right, mounted in a round brass frame.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103891

Accession Number: 1947.47

Silhouette Portrait

Silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set on black paper of a woman facing left, three shields of white paper below, mounted in a painted with frame with gilt borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103892

Accession Number: 1947.49

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut paper silhouette set on black textile of a woman facing left, set in an oval dark wood frame under glass.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103893

Accession Number: 1947.50

Silhouette Portrait

Black paper cut silhouette set on white paper of a woman facing right, set in a black wood frame with gilt inner border.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103894

Accession Number: 1947.51

Silhouette Portrait

Reproduction bust length silhouette of a man facing left with a ribbon in his hair, painted oval gold border, mounted in an oval molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1938

Maker: Edgar, Carmen Denton

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103895

Accession Number: 1947.95

Silhouette Portrait

Black paper cut out silhouette set on white paper of a woman facing left, matted on a piece of green cotton with floral buds, set in a painted gold plaster frame.

Date: ca. 1906

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103896

Accession Number: 1947.97

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from black paper and set over white card of a young boy facing left with painted gold details on hair, collar and coat, mounted in a veneered wood frame with black borders.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: Maginn, J.L. (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103897

Accession Number: 1947.98

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette cut from black paper of a young boy facing right with painted gold hair and coat details, mounted in a veneered wood frame with black edge.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: Maginn, J.L. (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103898

Accession Number: 1947.99

Silhouette Portrait

Half length silhouette portrait cut from black paper and set on white card of a woman facing left wearing a bonnet with gold painted details for hair, hat and dress, mounted in a veneered wood frame with two inlaid borders of light wood.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Maginn, J.L. (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103899

Accession Number: 1947.100

Silhouette Portrait

Half length portrait silhouette cut from black paper and set over white paper of a young girl facing left, mounted in a large dark stained wood frame with white mat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103900

Accession Number: 1947.101A

Silhouette Portrait

Half length portrait silhouette cut from black paper and set on white paper of a young girl facing right, mounted in a large stained wood frame with white mat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103901

Accession Number: 1947.101B

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from black paper of a man facing right wearing a hat, mounted in a large wood frame.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103902

Accession Number: 1947.102

Silhouette Portrait

Silhouette of woman facing right with flowers in hair, mounted in a black wood frame with green floral paper mat with oval opening. Copy of a Bache original.

Date: ca. 1939

Maker: Edgar, Carmen Denton

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103903

Accession Number: 1947.104

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length painted silhouette of a man facing left with pencil drawn spectacles and hair details, mounted in a painted black wood frame with gold colored metal mat and three leaf metal hanging loop at top.

Date: 1938

Maker: Edgar, Carmen Denton (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103904

Accession Number: 1947.106

Silhouette Portrait

Black paper cut silhouette of a woman facing left with painted gold details in hair and dress, mounted within a gilded frame with oval opening.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Possibly Hubard, William James (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103905

Accession Number: 1947.108

Silhouette Portrait

Painted bust length silhouette portrait of a woman facing right wearing a lace bonnet and wide lace collar, mounted in a black painted wood frame with stained wood mat with oval opening.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Possibly Hubard, William James (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103906

Accession Number: 1947.110

Silhouette Portrait

This hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk is of a man facing right. The silhouette is cut from a block printed bustline and mounted in a molded wood frame with an eglomise painted mat in green, yellow and red with an oval opening.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103907

Accession Number: 1947.111

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk of a woman facing right, mounted in a painted black wood frame (not original) with oval opening and gilt border, metal grape bunch decoration at top. The cutting on the bustline and dress front is particularly fine.

Date: 1813

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103908

Accession Number: 1947.113

Silhouette Portrait

Silhouette of cut black paper set on white paper of Benjamin Franklin facing left, mounted in a molded wood frame with gilt inner border.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103909

Accession Number: 1947.115

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black ground of a old woman facing left wearing a bonnet, mounted in a veneered wood frame with small rectangular opening.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103910

Accession Number: 1947.116

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set on black glass of a woman facing left, mounted in an oval gilded and molded wood frame.

Date: 1793-1820

Maker: Possibly Bache, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103911

Accession Number: 1947.117

Silhouette Portrait

Full length silhouette cut from black paper and set on white paper of a man facing left with hat in hand, mounted in a gilded molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103912

Accession Number: 1947.118

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set on black silk of a man facing left, mounted in a painted black wood frame with oval opening and grape cluster finding at top.

Date: 1800-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103913

Accession Number: 1947.119

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from white paper and set on black silk of a woman facing left, mounted in a brass frame.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103914

Accession Number: 1947.121

Silhouette Portrait

Double hollow cut silhouette portraits over a black ground of a woman facing right and a man facing left. Mounted in gilded wood frame with pink mat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103915

Accession Number: 1948.71

Drawing

Pencil drawing on paper of the Battle of Bunker Hill, mounted in a veneered wood frame, printed key attached in plastic on reverse and old newspaper clipping with inscription.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Frossard, Edouard

GUSN: 103916

Accession Number: 1955.10

Portrait of Abigail (Dawes) Waters (1721-1816)

Bust-length portrait of a older woman in sepia tone, mounted in a wood frame with oval opening with painted gold border.

Date: 1800-1816

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103917

Accession Number: 1956.54

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over black paper of a man facing left, ink drawn details of hair, mounted in a painted black wood frame.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103918

Accession Number: 1956.55

Silhouette Portrait

Black paper cut silhouette set on white paper of a man facing right, mounted in a gilt wood frame with a verre eglomise mat with an oval opening bordered by gold rays and foliate sprigs.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103919

Accession Number: 1958.84

Miniature portrait of Sardine Sparrow Bigelow (1819-1848)

Miniature watercolor on ivory, bust length portrait of a man facing slightly right wearing a black coat and neck tie, mounted behind an ormolu mat with oval opening and in a hinged brown leather case with green velvet lining.

Date: 1845-1848

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), gilt bronze, leather

GUSN: 103920

Accession Number: 1961.40

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black paper of a woman facing left and wearing a bonnet, mounted in a painted black wood frame.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103921

Accession Number: 1963.304B

Silhouette Portrait of Deacon Samuel Whiting (1702-1772)

Hollow cut bust-length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a man facing left, mounted behind glass with paper backing.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103922

Accession Number: 1964.140

Miniature portrait of an unknown man

Miniature watercolor on ivory half length portrait of a man facing slightly right wearing a black coat, white shirt and a topaz and pearl pin, mounted in an oval hinged red leather case with white satin lining.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), leather, satin

GUSN: 103923

Accession Number: 1964.220

Wax Relief Portrait of James Sullivan

Modeled colored wax relief portrait of James Sullivan, set behind glass in a round wood frame.

Date: ca. 1808

Maker: Rauschner, John Christian (1760-after 1812) (Sculptor)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103924

Accession Number: 1964.394

Engraved Print

Bust length profile portrait of man facing right wearing a coat and white shirt, mounted in a wood frame with twisted rope border.

Date: 1798-1803

Maker: Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de (French painter and printmaker, 1770-1852) (Engraver)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103925

Accession Number: 1967.139

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set on black paper of a young man facing right.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103926

Accession Number: 1975.151

Miniature portrait of three children

Miniature painting on ivory of three children, boy in center wearing brown suit and lace collar, girl in blue dress on left, and boy in blue dress and lace collar on right, mounted in a deep gilded wood frame.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103927

Accession Number: 1982.169

Silhouette

Hollow cut paper silhouette set over black textile of a man facing right, set in a painted gold frame under glass.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103928

Accession Number: 1982.176

Miniature portrait of an unknown woman

Miniature watercolor on ivory portrait of a woman facing slightly right with brown parted hair with a braid, mounted in a velvet mat with an oval opening with gilt metal border, all in a fold over burgundy leather case.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), velvet (fabric weave), leather

GUSN: 103929

Accession Number: 1982.177

Silhouette Potrait

Full length silhouette portrait cut from black paper of a man facing left with arms crossed, pencil drawn background of an ivy covered marble railing with an urn and ruins in background, mounted in a painted green wood frame with bead border and cream mat.

Date: 1842

Maker: Edouart, Auguste (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103930

Accession Number: 1982.250

Double Silhouette Portrait

Double hollow cut silhouette portraits set over black silk of a man facing right and a woman facing left, mounted in a gilded wood frame with verre eglomise mat with two oval openings for portraits..

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103931

Accession Number: 1985.739

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette set over black paper of a woman facing right with pencil drawn details for hair and lace collar, mounted in a molded wood frame.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103824

Accession Number: 1925.645

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set over black paper of a woman facing right with ink drawn hair and collar details, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders, oval opening.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103825

Accession Number: 1925.646

Silhouette

Two hollow cut bust length silhouette portraits set over black silk of a woman facing right and a woman facing left, mounted in a plain unpainted wood frame.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103826

Accession Number: 1925.648

Silhouette

Silhouette cut out of black paper and set over white paper of a man facing left, collard painted white and details of jacket and hair in black paint, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and beaded borders and four rosettes.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103827

Accession Number: 1925.649

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a man facing left with pencil drawn hair, collar and shirt, mounted in a gilded molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103828

Accession Number: 1925.651

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette on black ground of a young woman facing right, drawn in lace collar and hair details, mounted in gilt wood frame.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103829

Accession Number: 1925.653

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