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Circular Design with Doves
Mrs. Ulric Bernhard Dahlgren (American, Philadelphia, 19th century)
about 1804
Medium/Technique
Cut paper
Dimensions
Sheet (diameter): 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Framed (diameter): 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)
Framed (diameter): 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mary Dahlgren Robinson
Accession Number1990.215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSilhouettes
DescriptionCut paper, mounted on board. Said to have been cut about 1804 by the great-grandmother of Mary Dahlgren Robinson.
InscriptionsLower Center: Monogram M
ProvenanceBy descent from the artist to her great-granddaughter, Mary Dahlgren (Mrs. Dwight P.) Robinson (b.1876 - d. 1936), Nashville, TN; to her stepson, Dwight Parker Robinson, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1989) and his wife, Mary G. Robinson, Brookline, MA; 1990, gift of Mary G. Robinson to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1990)