Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Young Man

Description:

Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Young Man, New England, c. 1807, oval hollow-cut profile portrait of John Dutton Mann, approx. age 18, identified in inscriptions on the reverse, backed with black velvet, housed in an embossed gilt-brass frame, 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (sight).

Note: A note affixed to the reverse is inscribed: "Profile of J.D. Mann taken when about 18 years old./Born at Hebron, Conn. Feb. 15th/1789/Died at Hatfield, Mass./Feb. 20th 1878./AE 89 yrs./JH Mann AE 68." A genealogy search includes the following information: John Dutton Mann was the son of John and Lydia (Dutton) Mann. He was born February 15, 1789, in Hebron, Connecticut. On January 19, 1809, he married Martha Phelps in Oxford, New Hampshire. They had one son, John Henry, b. circa 1810.
Estimate $300-500

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