Property from the Estate of Stuart W. Lawson, Connecticut
Ezra Wood, the Puffy Sleeve Artist
Silhouette Portrait of a Young Girl Wearing a Tortoise-Shell Comb, White Ruffled Collar and Black Dress and Green Belt
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January 21, 06:02 PM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Property from the Estate of Stuart W. Lawson, Connecticut
Ezra Wood, the Puffy Sleeve Artist
active 1830 - 1831
Silhouette Portrait of a Young Girl Wearing a Tortoise-Shell Comb, White Ruffled Collar and Black Dress and Green Belt
hollow-cut silhouette with watercolor on paper mounted over black
circa 1830
Height 4 1/8 in. by Width 3 1/8 in.
the woman depicted holding a branch in her hand; in what appears to be the original giltwood frame
Stephen Douglas Antiques, Groton, Massachusetts, April, 28, 1984.
In a ground breaking article "Unmistaken Identity," published in Magazine Antiques, July/August 2014, Michael R Payne, Suzanne Rudnick Payne and Samuel Herrup argue that the actual identity of the early 19th-century American folk portraitist nicknamed 'The Puffy Sleeve Silhouette Artist' was Ezra Wood of Buckland, Massachusetts. Wood was born in 1798 and likely learned the art of making silhouettes from his father-in-law, the silhouette artist Josiah Fuller.