Portrait miniatures, silhouettes and gallimaufry

Small Portraits of Character

Wigs on the Green specialises in fine portrait miniatures, silhouettes, small portraits, and provincial art, predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Our portraits are selected for their historical interest and character. They are not only by listed artists but also those who painted and drew for their own entertainment and pleasure - true to life portraits, with real character and, often, a pretty face!

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Miniature portrait of a little boy in a saffron dress

The Saffron Dress

Circa 1820

£380

Sibella Mansfield

James Leakey

£500

Miniature portrait of two girls and their little brother by Mabel Terry Lewis, 1896

Three Siblings

Mabel Terry-Lewis, the actress

£1,300

Regency Ladies

Circa 1805

£430

The Babet Cap

John Field (1772-1848)

£325

Latest Musing

Hinton Gibbs & Miss Gibbs

20th June 2020

Silhouette collectors will be familiar with the name Hinton Gibbs and his distinctive profiles reverse painted on glass and backed with wax. But apart from his service in the Bedfordshire Militia, little else has been known about his background and family. Similarly, Miss Gibbs who was recorded by Sue McKechnie as a cutter of silhouettes on the strength of two advertisements in the West Briton in June 1824. No examples of her work had been… (show more)

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