Cynthia Celinda Russell
MakerMade by
Unknown
Datemid 19th century
MediumSilhouette; cut paper on black painted paper with pencil in wood veneer frame under glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (silhouette height x width): 2 3/4 x 1 3/8in. (7 x 3.5cm)
Mount (height x width x depth): 5 7/8 x 5 x 3/8in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 1cm)
Mount (height x width x depth): 5 7/8 x 5 x 3/8in. (14.9 x 12.7 x 1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length silhouette portrait of a woman facing right with her hair pinned up.
Object number1983.66.0
InscribedOn verso of frame, left side, in black ink: "Cynthia Celinda Smith"; right side, in black ink, "Wife of Selden Merriam"; lower side, "Meridan, Conn."; upper side, in pencil, accession number; center of back panel, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Cynthia Celinda Russell was born in 1809 in Bristol, Connecticut, the daughter of Abel Russell. On 14 March 1832 she married Selden Merriam (1808-1875) of Meriden, Connecticut, son of Sydney and Phebe (Curtis) Merriam. They had seven children. On View
Not on view
about 1830
