Profile of Lydia Taylor attributed to Ruth Henshaw Bascom
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1835
notes: label: Description
content: A shadowor silhouette and a profile portrait of a woman, Lydia Taylor, facing right. She has gray eyes and brown hair that is tied up in a knot held by a tall comb, and wears a black dress with white lace trim and a 2 strand black necklace with touches of gold paper. The image is a cut-out paper profile with pencil and pastel details that is placed on faded blue paper background.
label: Description
content: Lydia Taylor was born January 4, 1815 in Ashby, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Abigail or Nabby Rice (1776-1856) and Abel Taylor (1768-1844) and granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldier Abraham Taylor. She married Hosea Kendall, the son of Captain Oliver Kendal on Oct 20, 1836, and died in 1868..
label: Description
content: The portrait is attributed to Ruth Bascom (1772-1848).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ashby
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388156A
label: catalog number
content: 388156A
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wash drawing, silhouette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (image material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (image material)
label: Physical Description
content: pastel (image material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (in sink mat): 3/4 in x 16 1/4 in x 19 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 41.275 cm x 49.8475 cm