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  • Revealed Silhouettes of a Man
Date1839
PlaceWilmington, Delaware, United States
MediumWove paper with black ink
DimensionsImage: 2 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (7 × 3.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (11.3 × 17 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.172
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1979
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed below right image: Elhana W. Gilbert / Wilmington Del, / copyed 1839
[no marks]

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