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Silhouette Bust of Young Woman Facing Left

Hamlet of Bath

Caption

Hamlet of Bath. Silhouette Bust of Young Woman Facing Left, ca. 1810. Glass, paint, plaster, gilt inner frame, papier mache outer frame, framed size: 4 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12.4 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles, 64.195.59.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Silhouette Bust of Young Woman Facing Left

Date

ca. 1810

Medium

Glass, paint, plaster, gilt inner frame, papier mache outer frame

Classification

Portrait, Miniatures

Dimensions

framed size: 4 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12.4 x 13 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

Maker's label on reverse reads: "PATRONIZED BY HER MAJESTY/ HAMLET/ Profile Painter/ to her/ Majesty/ and the/ Royal Family/ N^o 17 Union Passage/ Bath/ takes the most striking likenesses/ on Glass or Paper/ by a Sitting of only ONE MINUTE/ Price from 7.6 to 1.1.0/ Ladies & Gentlemen waited on if required."

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

64.195.59

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Artists and makers

Hamlet of Bath

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