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Lot 214
A Collection of Five 19th Century Silhouettes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include three painted silhouettes: one of a gentleman presented in an oval frame (frame with breaks), one of a young boy (with smudges), and a gentleman with gilt embellishment; and two cut and paste silhouettes, one of a woman wearing a hat (loss to upper left corner; card with tears), and one of a lady with gilt embellishment and identified en verso "Isabella Wlson b 1822 / youngest daughter of / Jacob Wilson . / Married to Arthur Jewett Geden / July 1887" and housed in a gilt and painted frame (vertical crease; toning).

Largest 6 9/16 x 5.75 in.

The Estate of the late Betsy J. Sykes, Raleigh, NC