Silhouette of Bodine Girl

PeriodCirca 1840-1850

Place MadeNew Jersey

MediumCut paper on silk

Dimensions6.75 × 4.63 in. (17.1 × 11.7 cm)

InscribedOriginal backing reads "Oscar Bodine, a letter carrier / died a month or two ago; his / father Hendry Bodine was an / auctioneer and lived at / Locktown, Hun. Co. / The silhouette was of a cousin - a Bodine."

ClassificationsPortrait Miniatures & Silhouettes

Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, 1938

Object number1211

DescriptionA profile silhouette of a woman, with cut paper on black silk. The design features a heart with cut initials "M Y B." Symetrical thistles grow on either side of the woman's bust, with punched dots and C-curves forming a crown at the top of the paper.
NotesThe initials may refer to one of several girls at the time from the Delaware Township branch of the Bodine family in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

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