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Hand-cut silhouette of Flora, a woman enslaved in Connecticut

Created by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
Flora, ca. 1777 - 1815  Search this
Medium:
wove paper on millboard
Dimensions:
H x W (sheet): 14 × 13 in. (35.6 × 33 cm)
H x W x D (frame): 23 3/4 × 31 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (60.3 × 80.6 × 4.9 cm)
Type:
silhouettes
portraits
Place collected:
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1796
Topic:
African American  Search this
Art  Search this
Domestic slave trade  Search this
Identity  Search this
Slavery  Search this
U.S. History, 1783-1815  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and National Portrait Gallery, Museum purchase through the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative
Object number:
2021.48.1
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Visual Arts
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd536ea7000-ad49-4fbd-bd46-9ba327404fe9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.48.1

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