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Unidentified Woman
Image Not Available for Unidentified Woman

Unidentified Woman

Dateearly 19th century
MediumSilhouette; cut paper with black ink on paper in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (silhouette height x width): 2 7/16 x 1 5/8in. (6.2 x 4.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 5/16 x 2 5/16in. (8.4 x 5.9cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 3 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/2in. (9.7 x 7 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Kenneth F. Hammitt
DescriptionBust-length profile portrait of a woman facing right. She is wearing a dress with a collar and has her hair pinned up.
Object number1961.45.2
MarkingsOn verso, on cloth label, in brown ink, "Buxton Loomis. #107"InscribedOn verso of mount, in ink, "45-1961-2".
On View
Not on view
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.435.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
early 19th century
Museum purchase, 1983.66.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
mid 19th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1950.546.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
late 18th-early 19th century
Gift of Mrs. Meredith E. Watson, 1990.14.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1820
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1973.117.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
probably mid 19th century
Museum purchase, 1964.5.13  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
late 18th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1986.283.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
about 1830
Gift of Miss Lucy Brainard, 1896.4.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
early 19th century