Silhouette of Caroline Stebbins Sheldon (1789-1865)

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Caroline Stebbins (1789-1865) was the daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Frary) Stebbins of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Her silhouette was cut while she was a student at the Deerfield Academy during the years 1804 to 1807. Short of hiring a portrait painter, an expensive enterprise, a likeness of a loved one was impossible to capture in the days before the invention of the camera. A cut paper image, or silhouette, was much less expensive than a painting and was nearly always taken in profile.

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Item typeArtwork
Silhouette
Datecirca 1804
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicArt, Music, Literature, Crafts
EraThe New Nation, 1784–1815
MaterialPaper
Dimension detailsHeight: 3.18 in Width: 3.06 in
Catalog #1918.15.01
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Silhouette of Caroline Stebbins Sheldon (1789-1865). ca. 1804. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1918-15-01/. Accessed on December 5, 2024.

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