Hollow-cut silhouette portrait of Rachel Creefield

Hollow-cut silhouette portrait of Rachel Creefield (a) with handwritten label (b). The silhouette faces proper left or the viewer's right and is created by a darker sheet of paper placed under a light colored paper that has had a negative image traced and then cut away. At bottom center in pencil is [4]. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. There are no marks on the back. A detached handwritten label reads [Rachel Creefield / Made at Peale Museum, Phila. / She lived with the Millers in Phil. Moved to Ebenezer Dickey's place at Oxford. Was paid in 1843 50¢ a week but was not charged for board and lodging. / From Jane Miller Dickey's account book / owned by J. C. Preston.].