Silhouette, Charlotte Farthing
Caption
Farthing. Silhouette, Charlotte Farthing, ca. 1810. Glass, paint, 6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.6 x 13.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles, 64.195.34.
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Maker
Title
Silhouette, Charlotte Farthing
Date
ca. 1810
Medium
Glass, paint
Classification
Dimensions
6 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (15.6 x 13.4 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
Paper label on reverse: "PATENT MACHINE,/ for taking Profiles,/ FARTHING,/ No.12,/ CHEAPSIDE, LONDON,/ Continues to execute Likenesses (in Profile Shade) in a/ Style peculiarly striking, whereby the most forcible/ Animation is retained to the minute Size/ for setting in Rings, Bracelets, &/ The Original Sketches being preserved, those who have/ once sat may be supplied with any number of/ Copies without the trouble of sitting again/ Profiles taken on Paper 2s. 6d. each/ Miniatures at Two Guineas upwards.
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles
Accession Number
64.195.34
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