Silhouette of Mary Corbit Warner

June 6, 1890

Maker

Henry Ackley Sackett (1859-1938)

Measurements

Frame, 4-7/8 in x 3-3/8 in x 3/8 in; silhouette, 3-7/8 in x 2-3/8 in

Materials

Paper

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.826

Inscription

“Mary Corbit Warner / 1890” is written in ink along the bottom of the image.  The back of the silhouette is ink-stamped, “H. A. Sackett, / JUN 6 1890 / WILLARD’S HOTEL, / WASHINGTON, D.C."  "Mary C. Warner" is written in ink below the stamp.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

On June 6, 1890, silhouette artist Henry Ackley Sackett (1859-1938) stamped the back of this silhouette with his name, the date, and the place—namely, Willard’s Hotel (now known as The Willard) in Washington, D.C., situated a block from the White House.  Mary Corbit Warner, known as Mollie, signed the front and the back, thus identifying herself as the sitter.  She is shown from the left profile with a high hair style or wearing a hat.  She also wears a necktie that projects forward, above a ruffled blouse.

Sara Clark Corbit accompanied her aunt, Mrs. Warner, and also had her silhouette taken (accession no. 2004.24).