National Museum of African American History and Culture
Hollow-cut silhouette of Jane Miller Dickey
Unidentified · ca. 1825
Hollow-cut silhouette (a) of Jane Miller Dickey with handwritten label (b) reading [Jane Miller Dickey / Julia's sister.]. The label also has a gold and yellow adhesive sticker reading [CURLANDER / fine arts / BALTIMORE]. Silhouette faces proper right or the viewer's left and is created by a darker sheet of paper placed under a light colored paper that has had a negative image traced and then cut away. At bottom center in pencil is [2]. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. There are no marks on the back.
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