Pair of Silhouettes of a Little Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers

Description:

Pair of Silhouettes of a Little Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers, America, 1841, the girl identified on a label on the backing paper of one, "Hannah Hitchin Age 4 5th Feb. 1841," cut-and-pasted silhouettes heightened with ink and touches of gilt, (toning, foxing on one),6 x 4 in., in period matching painted and gilded molded wood frames.
Estimate $200-250


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