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Description:
Hollow-cut Silhouette of Lady, probably New England, c. 1820-40, the half-length portrait of a woman wearing a gray pen and ink wash drawn gown in a gilt-gesso frame with brass hanging loop at top and black reverse-painted and gilt decorated glass mat with oval aperture, frame ht. 6, wd. 5 1/8 in.
Estimate $300-500
Light wear to frame, few tiny paint losses to matte, paper toned.
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