National Museum of African American History and Culture
Hollow-cut silhouette of unidentified member of the Dickey family
Unidentified · ca. 1825
Hollow-cut silhouette unspecified member of the Dickey family, possibly Mary Jackson Dickey, Margaret Irvine Dickey, or Helen Dickey. Silhouette faces proper left or the viewer's right 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. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. At bottom center in pencil is [5]. There are no marks on the back.
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