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Silhouette; Bust of Man Facing Right

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Plaster, paint, gilt inner frame, papier mache outer frame
DATES ca. 1810
DIMENSIONS 5 3/8 x 6 in. (13.7 x 15.2 cm)
MARKINGS Label on back (has been cut to oval shape to fit back of silhouette) reads: "Miers / [Pr]ofile Painter and Jewe [11er] / No. 111 opposite Exeter Change Str[and]/ (remainder of label illegible). Handwritten on label in pencil is "William John C.. (?).." (presumable the name of the sitter).
SIGNATURE no signature
INSCRIPTIONS no inscrptions
ACCESSION NUMBER 64.195.61
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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