Framed Family Record with Silhouettes and Framed Silhouette of a Man

Description:

Framed Family Record with Silhouettes and Framed Silhouette of a Man, Letterpress Artist, early 19th century, the printed family record for Samuel W. Lynn (b. December 20, 1799) and Sarah Coe (b. April 9, 1805) of Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, the tablet fitted with their bust-length hollow-cut silhouettes with graphite details, separated by a green ribbon, housed in a mahogany veneer frame, (toning, acid burn),overall 12 1/2 x 10 3/4; together with a hollow-cut silhouette portrait of a gentleman with graphite details, in a period mitered molded wood frame, the backboard inscribed "Profi[le] Robert Middle 1820," (toning),4 x 3 1/4 in.

Literature: A similar family record is pictured in The Art of the Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England, D. Brenton Simons and Peter Benes, New England Historical Society, publisher, 2002; and Silhouettes in America, 1790-1840: A Collector's Guide, by Blume J. Rifken, Paradigm Press, Burlington, Vermont, pp. 90-91. The author states they "have seen only four of these and all appeared to have been done by the same silhouette artist...in each case a green ribbon separates the individual profiles."
Estimate $800-1,200

Silhouettes and family record, not laid down.

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