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PAIR OF CHILD SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
PAIR OF CHILD SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS, LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY.
The miniatures are made of cut black paper with inked hair embellishments; in oval hanging/easel frames (marked "Made in Germany/ Richards/ U.S. Patent Pending"). Each 5 5/8in. h. x 4 7/16in. w. Condition: Toning; one with dampstain at bottom. This lot and the other Chapman-related items offered in this sale were part of a collection of papers and ephemera related to the Edward Mortimer Chapman (1862-1952) family, including his first wife Isabel Northrop Chapman (1864-1920), and second wife, Louise Wadsworth Jones Chapman (1873-1959). Edward M. Chapman was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author, and a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635).