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CHARLES HERVÉ II circa 1785-1866 This is a most appealing full-length silhouette portrait of a little girl in profile to the right. Her dress has a white collar and tiered skirt and is worn over pantaloons with flat shoes secured with ribbon straps. Her hair has been draped over her ears with a plaited loop tied with ribbon on the nape of her neck. The silhouette is cut and beautifully painted in shades of black watercolour with a touch of Chinese white for the collar. It is backed with the artist's stencilled signature and is set in a maple veneer frame with a gilt slip. The frame is also glazed on the reverse to show the stencil. Framed size: 103/8 x 8¼" (264 x 204mm) Price: £325
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1840-50 This is a silhouette conversation piece showing a family out for a stroll in the countryside with tiny houses in the background. The mother is offering an egg (or an apple maybe) from her basket to her youngest son whilst father and daughter are watching the other two boys playing with a toy whip. The silhouette is painted with a watercolour wash and pencil
backdrop. It is set in a bird's eye maple veneer frame with a gilt slip. S O L D ! |
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WILLIAM HAMLET THE YOUNGER This is a classical head and shoulders portrait of a lady in profile to the left. Her hair has been swept into a coiled knot and secured with a plaited hair bandeau. The lady is named on the reverse as Gertrude Louisa Allen who was the second daughter and joint heiress of Ralph Allen (1737-1777) and his wife Mary (née Palmer). Gertrude did not marry; she died at Stowey House near Bath in January 1818, aged thirty-eight. The silhouette is painted en grisaille on ivory against a rich reddish-brown background. At the time these were often referred to as 'cameo' portraits. The addition of a dark line beneath the bust gives it a three-dimensional effect. The portrait is set in the original papier-mâché frame with a decorative gilt-metal mount and elongated bunch of grapes hanger. Framed size: 5½ x 45/8" (130 x 118mm) S O L D !
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HINTON GIBBS, active late 1790s - circa 1822 This small piece of silhouette jewellery is unusual as it is reverse painted on glass and backed with wax. It depicts a gentleman in a black coat and frilled chemise. His hair is brushed forwards and ruffled over his forehead and he has side whiskers. All the detail of the hair and shirt frill has been achieved by the use of a needle to scrape off the black paint. The silhouette is set in a stamped rolled gold pendant frame.
It is glazed on the reverse to show a braided lock of chestnut brown hair.
The silhouette has scattered spots of paint loss but these are really
only visible under magnification. Price: £325
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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: £450 |
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, circa 1770-1780 This gentleman must have been the perfect sitter for the silhouette artist as he has such a distinctive profile with a particularly large jawline and a protruding lower lip! The gentleman, depicted in a collarless grey waistcoat and black coat, is Mr Isaac Gardiner. He is wearing a 'catogan' wig where the queue is doubled back and tied in the middle with a bow; he also has rolled curls (known as buckles) over his ears. This style of wig became fashionable around 1770. An interesting inscription on the reverse of the frame details how he left his property to Henry Fiennes Clinton who was the author of two books: Fasti Hellenici and Fasti Romani. The property in question was apparently a mansion house in disrepair at Burcott, near Wing in Buckinghamshire. The silhouette is painted on plaster, a popular medium during
the 18th century. The artist is unknown. The plaster has some dust-soiling
but is otherwise in good condition. The silhouette is set in the original
brass-faced frame. Price: £275 |
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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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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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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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Cynthia
McKinley
Wigs on the Green Fine Art, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 794711 Mobile: 07962 257915 Email: enquiries@wigsonthegreen.co.uk |