Silhouette of Grandmother Clark
Period1840
MediumCut paper
DimensionsSight size: 7.75 × 5.5 in. (19.7 × 14 cm)
Other (Frame size): 8.75 × 7 × 0.5 in. (22.2 × 17.8 × 1.3 cm)
Other (Frame size): 8.75 × 7 × 0.5 in. (22.2 × 17.8 × 1.3 cm)
InscribedHandwritten in pencil, on back of frame: "Grandmother Clark, 1840"
ClassificationsPortrait Miniatures & Silhouettes
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Betty Curtis, 2014
Object number2016.514.1
DescriptionBlack silhouette of the bust of a woman, facing her proper left. Her hair is up in a bun. Black paper is mounted to a thick-woven off-white paper, and matted with a gray paper underneath an off-white mat.NotesThe "Grandmother" Clark in the portrait may refer to the paternal great-grandmother of Betty's husband, Charles T. Curtis (1917-1970). His great grandmother Susan E. Walling (1818-1902) was married to Thomas S. Clark (1812-1898).
Collections
Unknown Artist
Abraham P. Demarest
Jean Francois de Vallee