Hollow-cut silhouette of unidentified member of the Dickey family
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1825
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Hollow-cut silhouette unspecified member of the Dickey family, possibly Mary Jackson Dickey, Margaret Irvine Dickey, or Helen Dickey. Silhouette faces proper left or the viewer's right and is created by a darker sheet of paper placed under a light colored paper that has had a negative image traced and then cut away. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. At bottom center in pencil is [5]. There are no marks on the back.
place: label: Place made
content: Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.21.2.6
objectType: label: Type
content: silhouettes
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 1/8 × 1 11/16 in. (7.9 × 4.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11 × 8.7 cm)