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Cutwork design with scenes from daily life

(1722–1793 or 1794)
About 1740–60
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueWhite paper cut, pricked, and mounted on dark blue background (framed)
DimensionsSheet (approximately): 11 x 15 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Frame: 15.8 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm (6 1/4 x 7 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs Julius McNutt Ramsay, Jr.
Accession number1990.368
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSilhouettes
InscriptionsFragment of old label attached to back: "Done by Sarah Deming with scissors & pins supposed in 1749"
Henry Clay
Auguste Edouart
1841
Liston, the Comedian
Auguste Edouart
1830
Young man with walking stick
Auguste Edouart
1841
Thomas Goddard (1765–1858) (Grandfather of H. C. Ellery)
Samuel Metford
1840–58
Silhouette of Nathaniel West
Silhouette of Nathaniel West
Unidentified artist, American, 19th century
1800–50
Woman to left; high comb
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Man to left
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Man's Head in Woman's Hair
Man's Head in Woman's Hair
Edvard Munch
1896
Pair of silhouettes: Lady to right; Gentleman to left
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
Man to right (A. Paget?)
William James Hubbard
1826
Silhouette (Boy facing left, little girl, facing right)
Unidentified artist, Italian, about 1840
about 1840
William Buckland and his wife Mary and son Frank, Examining Buckland's Natural History Collection
William Buckland and his wife Mary and son Frank, Examining Buckland's Natural History Collection
Auguste Edouart
about 1828–29