Portrait #985

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Chalmers, Mary A.
  • Artist:Williams, Moses
  • Date Created:1816
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:6 x 4 1/4
  • Image Dimensions:5 1/2 x 3 3/4
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  • Materials/Media:Hollow-cut silhouette
  • Date Documented:12 November 2007
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Right profile bust-length silhouette of lady with turned-up nose, the appearance of bangs, and the rest of her hair in an elaborate arrangement at the back of her head.
  • History:Hollow-cut silhouette made at Peale's Museum in Philadephia, PA by Moses Williams.
  • Notes:Mary A. Chalmers 1794-1869 Married 18 November 1819 - James Hood of