Samuel Copp Silhouette Portrait
notes: label: Description
content: This is a fully assembled framed hollow-cut silhouette portrait of Samuel Copp (b. 1787) done during the early 19th century. Silhouette portraits became popular during the late 18th and early 19th century due to their affordability compared to the time and expense of an oil painting. Hollow cut portraits remove the silhouette in white paper, which is then placed on black paper, creating the image. An example of a hollow-cut without black background can be seen in DL*006559.01.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006559.02
label: catalog number
content: 6559.02
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silhouette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 15.875 cm x 18.415 cm