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Item Ref. 3646 STUDIO OF MIERS AND FIELD This is a fine quality silhouette showing an unnamed gentleman from the Stainforth Family. He is wearing a double-breasted coat over a frilled chemise and deep stock. The silhouette is painted on ivory and is expertly bronzed with a lot of fine detailing. It is signed 'Miers' under the bust-line and is set in a traditional papier-mâché frame with a gilt-metal mount and elongated leaf hanger. Framed size: 4¼ x 37/8" (110 x 98mm) Price: £475 |
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AUGUSTIN EDOUART (1789-1861) This is a full-length silhouette portrait of a dashing young officer depicted in uniform with his dress sword. The officer is named on the reverse as Lord Charles Kerr of the 90th Light Infantry and the profile was taken in Glasgow on 25th April 1832. Lord Charles Lennox Kerr was born in 1814, the second son of Robert Kerr, Marquis of Lothian. He rose to be a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Black Watch and aide-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He married Charlotte Emma Hanmer in 1839 and had six children. Coincidentally his first cousin, Lady Letitia Louisa Kerr, was a talented silhouette artist. The profile is in excellent condition. It is set in a bird's eye maple frame that has been glazed on the reverse to reveal the silhouettist's inscription. Framed size: 135/8 x 8" (320 x 205mm) Price: £425
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W. BARNES, active 1840s This is a pretty full-length silhouette of a young lady holding a love letter. Her dress has a pleated bodice, a full skirt and Victoria sleeves that are puffed around the elbow and decorated with two buttons. She is also wearing a lovely bonnet that is trimmed with flowers and tied under the chin with ribbon with a lace-edged flap at the back to accommodate the lady's hair style. The silhouette has been cut out and is finely gilded, with a touch of watercolour on the bonnet. It is signed and dated in pencil 'By W. Barnes/ 1843'. There is a small bruise to the paper in the bottom left corner but otherwise the condition is excellent. It is set in a period bird's eye maple frame with old bubbled glass. Framed size: 12½ x 10½" (320 x 265mm) S O L D !
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Item Ref. 3624 EDWARD FOSTER, 1762-1865 This is a silhouette portrait of a stout, bald-headed gentleman named Mr Musgrave who was the father of the young lady below. He is wearing a double-breasted coat and frilled chemise. The profile is painted on card and is one of Foster's 'red' profiles, so-termed because of the reddish-brown base colour that he favoured for a time. It is heavily embellished with fine gold mixed with gum arabic. The silhouette is set in the original papier-mâché frame with a hanger bearing Foster's name above the Royal crown. Provenance: Ex. Sue McKechnie collection (with her label on the
reverse) Price: £265
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Item Ref. 3633 AUGUSTIN EDOUART, 1789-1861 This is a fine example of the skilled workmanship of the celebrated silhouettist Augustin Edouart depicting a gentleman wearing an academic gown over a tail-coat. He appears to be holding a pair of gloves in his clasped hands. As before, the profile is exceptionally well cut - note especially the eyebrow in addition to the eyelash as well as the collar line and the single buttonhole. The profile is inscribed in pencil on the reverse with the sitter's name - Frederick Thackeray MD, Cambridge. Frederick Thackeray was the son of Thomas Thackeray, one of the original surgeons to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge in 1766. Frederick succeeded his father as a surgeon in 1796 and later qualified as a physician, transferring from the surgical staff to the medical staff in 1827. He was the brother of William Makepeace Thackeray, author of the much-loved classic novel Vanity Fair. The silhouette is signed: 'Augn Edouart fecit 1828' and is set in what appears to be the original handsome bird's eye maple veneer frame with gilt slip. The silhouette is in excellent condition though the frame has two old wormholes on the front. Framed size: 14 x 101/8" (186 x 148mm) Price: £650
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Item Ref. 3159 J. THOMASON, active 1786-ca.1800 This is a finely painted 18th century family group of three silhouette portraits showing Mr & Mrs Will Donald and their daughter Jean. Mr Donald is depicted in a distinctive bag wig; the ladies are both wearing dresses with fashionable buffoons. Mrs Donald is also wearing an indoor dormeuse cap with a ribbon trim while the younger lady wears her hair in long free tresses. The profiles are painted on plaster and housed in the original hammered brass frames each inscribed on the reverse with two of them dated 1794. Provenance: Moir Collection. S O L D !
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Item Ref. 3114 JOHN FIELD, (1772-1848) at the studio of JOHN MIERS This little piece is a gold frill brooch, so-named because a gentleman would have pinned it onto the frill of his shirt. It features a tiny painted and bronzed silhouette portrait of a young lady with her hair swept back in a knot. Watercolour on ivory signed Miers. The silhouette is housed
in a gold brooch setting. Price: £425 On Hold !
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1830 This is a painted and gilded silhouette portrait of Margaret as a child in a dress with wide sleeves, her short hair decorated with a little bow over her ear. The profile is housed in the original papier-mâché
frame with a brass surround and a star and leaf hanger. Price: £145 |
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Cynthia
McKinley
Wigs on the Green Fine Art, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 794711 Mobile: 07962 257915 Email: enquiries@wigsonthegreen.co.uk |