Creator |
Townshind, Barbara A. |
Title |
Barbara A. Townshind silhouette album [graphic]. |
Publisher |
SCOTLAND. 1804 |
Date |
May 1804 |
Physical Description |
1 album (61 items and 1 drawing): silhouettes and pencil work; album 16 x 10 cm. (6.25 x 4 in.) |
Description |
Album containing amateurly-cut, primarily bust-length silhouettes of men and women. Majority include caricatured or non-descript
features. Small number of the prints depict full-length silhouettes, including a man holding an eye glass, a man holding a
book near a table, and a man holding a filled basket. Also includes a silhouette of a tall male figure and squat female figure
and corresponding pencil sketch. Many silhouettes also include hair adornments and other fashion details.
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Notes |
Inscribed on verso of front cover: Barbara A. Townshind, Stanley Place, May 1804. |
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End papers and verso of back cover contain semi-legible pencil inscribed verse. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Housed in phase box. |
Subject |
Men. |
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Women. |
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Clothing & dress. |
Genre |
Albums -- 1800-1810. |
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Pencil works -- 1800-1810. |
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Silhouettes -- 1800-1810. |
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Sketches -- 1800-1810. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [P.9723] |
Accession number |
P.9723 |