- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Dickey, John Miller, 1806 - 1878
- Date
- ca. 1825
- Medium
- wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 2 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (7 × 3.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 4 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (10.5 × 8.6 cm)
- Description
- Hollow-cut silhouette John Miller Dickey. Silhouette faces proper right or the viewer's left 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. Immediately beneath silhouette is faded embossed stamp reading [MUSEUM]. Paper is brittle and faded from light damage. At bottom center in pencil is [6]. There are no marks on the back.
- Place made
- Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- silhouettes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.21.2.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




