Jane Aitken

ca. 1803-1810

Hollow-cut beige paper laid on black prepared paper, with black ink, in an album of 50 folios containing 91 silhouettes, 24 blank folios, and a two page list of sitters

Image (height): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Sheet: 3 15/16 in. ( 10 cm )

Gift of an anonymous donor, 1948

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DescriptionBust of female subject in right-facing profile; hollow-cut from rectangular sheet of cream paper; hair and details of costume drawn in ink on edges of silhouette; mounted in album containing a total of ninety-one silhouettes.

MarkingsEmbossed below bust: "MUSEUM"

InscribedInscribed at upper right in brown ink: "81"; at lower left in graphite: "Jane Aitken"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS