Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Silhouette Album
Object Number:
Z.2564a-mmmm
Date:
ca. 1803-1810
Medium:
Album sewn binding: leather, board, marbled paper, gold tooling and coated black paper.
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 9 x 1 3/8 in. ( 13 x 22.9 x 3.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped in gold: on spine of album: "PROFILES"
inscribed in ink: inside front cover: "Maria P. Hazard / from her father / 1865"
inscribed in ink: inside front cover: "*dead" (refers to list of figures on first page, also inscribed in ink)
Description:
Half-bound Album, with sewn binding and decorative papers on boards, containing ninety-one silhouettes, mostly hollow-cut from lightweight cream paper, some are cut-out.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
