Silhouette
Silhouette
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- Description
- Cut-out silhouette of a woman, facing right, wearing her hair up with a large comb. Black paper is pasted onto a roughly circular white piece signed at bottom "Honeywell"; signature partially cut off. Unframed.
- Maker is Martha Ann Honeywell (1787-after 1848); born without hands, forearms and a foot, she traveled the United States cutting silhouettes (and other artworks) with her mouth and foot.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- silhouette
- date made
- ca 1805-1835
- place made
- United States: Virginia, Alexandria
- Physical Description
- paper, wove (overall material)
- ink (signature material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in;.635 cm x 14.605 cm x 11.7475 cm
- ID Number
- DL.220760.003A
- accession number
- 220760
- catalog number
- 220760.003A
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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