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Description:
Hollow-cut Silhouette of a Man, William King, New England, early 19th century, with "W. KING" embossed stamp below the image, in an ebonized frame with oval aperture, ht. 5 1/4, wd. 4 1/4 in.
Provenance: The Mrs. H.L. Lonsdale Collection. See The Magazine Antiques, April 1944, pp. 205-6 for additional information on the collection.
Exhibitions: Wadsworth Atheneum and Morgan Memorial, Hartford, Connecticut, in the early 1940s.
Estimate $200-300
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