Hollow-cut silhouette portrait of Rachel Creefield
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1825
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Rachel Creefield
notes: label: Description
content: Hollow-cut silhouette portrait of Rachel Creefield (a) with handwritten label (b). The 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. At bottom center in pencil is [4]. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. There are no marks on the back. A detached handwritten label reads [Rachel Creefield / Made at Peale Museum, Phila. / She lived with the Millers in Phil. Moved to Ebenezer Dickey's place at Oxford. Was paid in 1843 50¢ a week but was not charged for board and lodging. / From Jane Miller Dickey's account book / owned by J. C. Preston.].
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Free communities of color
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
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: 2020.21.2.1ab
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 (Silhouette [a]): 4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (11 × 8.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Label [b]): 3 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (9.8 × 9.1 cm)