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!

New Arrivals

Cut and painted half-length silhouette of a lady

The Pink Mob Cap

Circa 1840

£125

Silhouette of a gentleman in a soft-crowned hat

Hats Off to Him!

Circa 1810

£180

Silk needlework and watercolour picture of a child with a dog

Best Friends

Silk & Watercolour

£475

Waxing

Isabella Beetham (c.1753-1825)

£380

A pair of miniature portraits by Alexander Gallaway

A Glaswegian Couple

Alexander Gallaway, 1798

£2,200

The Copper Dress

Oil on Tin, circa 1770

£525

Latest Musing

William Angelo Grey

1st November 2020

Previously unrecorded as a silhouettist or indeed as an artist, William Angelo Grey nonetheless claimed to be a Royal Academician. It looked impressive in his advertisements as did his middle name which may also have been assumed as a marketing ploy! At the time of writing, William Angelo Grey is known from a single silhouette dated 1848 and three advertisements that appeared in Irish newspapers in Sligo and Boyle between September 1844 and March 1845.… (show more)

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