Portrait Miniatures and Silhouettes
Catalog Information: 271 lots | 270 with images
Date: 2003
Auction House:
Bonhams
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: Continental School (late 18th Century) A silhouette of a Lady, profile to the left, wearing large
indoor bonnet painted on gessoed card, with painted, coloured flower border, silver mount, the reverse with painted monogram of initials 'EHH' oval, 30mm. (1 1/8in.) high.
Lot 2: Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson (British, 1750/4-after 1802) A silhouette of a Lady, profile to the right,
wearing dress with fichu and bandeau in her hair painted on bevelled glass, set into gold-plated locket, the reverse glazed to reveal lock of brown hair oval, 44mm. (1 3/4in.) high.
Lot 3: Richard Cockle Lucas (British, 1800-1883) A cameo of Lord Palmerston, Henry John Temple
(1784-1865), profile to the right shell relief (hairline cracks), pinchbeck brooch-clasp mount with engraved border oval, 57mm. (2 1/4in.) high Footnote: Lord Palmerston was Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. A controversial figure, he intr [...more]
Lot 4: French School (late 18th Century) A silhouette of an Officer, called Henry, Count de Saumais,
profile to the right, wearing uniform with epaulette, his hair worn en queue fixé sous verre with floral gold border on blue ground, the reverse inscribed with sitter's details and indistinctly dated, set into the lid of a fishskin case oval, 45mm. ( [...more]
Lot 4A: John Miers (British, c.1758-1821) A silhouette of Louisa Trefusis, profile to the right, wearing
gauze headdress painted on ivory, set in a gold ring mount, the reverse with aperture to reveal blonde hair and engraved inscription Louisa Trefusis born Jany 8, 1776/ And Died October the 1st 1790, set in original fitted fishskin case hexagonal, 24m [...more]
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