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Kerchief
ca. 1848
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Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
Title
Augusta Hadley: Silhouette
Date
1859
Medium
Black prepared paper cut-out, laid on beige paper; on verso: silhouette Z.2632b
Dimensions
image height: 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 cm )
sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 20.3 cm )
Description
Silhouette: Full-length female figure in left-facing profile; black paper cut-out mounted on rectangular sheet of cream paper.
Object Number
Z.2632a
Marks
inscribed in ink: lower right: "Miss Augusta Hadley"
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Miss Augusta Hadley "
Gallery Label
This silhouette belongs to a group of forty-five silhouettes of faculty and students of Miss Haines's School that were taken on November 12, 1859.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
