Highly Collectable Antique 19th Century Miniature Silhouette Profile Portrait of a Gentleman in a Maple Frame
$173.97
Highly Collectable Antique 19th Century Miniature Silhouette Profile Portrait of a Gentleman.
From the mid eighteenth to the mid nineteenth century anyone wishing to avoid the high costs of commis-
sioning an artist to produce a record of himself and his family, would instead have their profile reproduced as
a silhouette. It is thought that the name comes from the French politician Etienne de Silhouette who was well
known for his miserly economic measures. On his retirement he retreated to a farmhouse which he decorated
with homemade paper cuttings.
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Mounted in its original maple frame which measures approx 16 x 19cm
Will be sent via Royal Mail signed for service
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