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Lucy Flucker Knox

Lucy Flucker Knox Silhouette
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Silhouette, circa 1790

12 cm x 4 cm

Alternate title: Mrs. Henry Knox

From the Silhouette Collection, 1.51


[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This silhouette of Lucy Flucker Knox, the wife of U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox, was drawn in Philadelphia by "a son of Robert Morris the financier of the Revolution." The aristocratic Lucy Knox is depicted with an elaborate hair arrangement and a tall hat perched on top.