Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
ca. 1865
GUSN-6532
At left is silhouette of young woman positive-cut-out of white paper, facing right; at right, an elderly woman with cap cut-out of white paper facing left; framed together in black painted rectangular wood frame; under glass; black mat with two gilded oval reserves.
silhouettes
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
Silhouette
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
6.25 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1324.2
New Hampshire (United States)
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
