XLIX.
Portrait of himself, sketched by Phil May, 1894.
Kennedy, of the Aquarium, sketched by Phil May, 1890.
Glass painting by Mrs. Beetham, showing the real shadow portrait behind.
George III., his wife and family, with footman. A large, authentic group painted on glass.
All these portraits are in the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke.
L.
“Old” Crome.
Silhouette, by August Edouart.
Paganini, by Edouart, considered by the musician to be the only likeness ever taken which was not a caricature. From the Treatise on Silhouettes, published in 1835.
Family group in the all-in-a-row method of the Georgian period.
LI.
Painted portrait with elaborate gold pencilling. This remains in its original maple-wood frame. In the possession of Mrs. Fleming.
Portrait of Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa and Genoa. Cut by Mrs. Leigh Hunt, between January and July, 1822.
LII.
Family portraits cut out in black paper, mounted on white satin. A wreath of forget-me-nots, roses, ivy, jessamine, and fern is embroidered, and at intervals lovers’ knots of plaited hair are tied. The nine plaits of white, grey, brown, auburn, and golden hair are probably souvenirs of the portrait subjects. This interesting specimen is in the possession of Mrs. Wadmore.
LIII.
Miniature of Charles I. cut out of thin paper. In tortoiseshell frame.
LIV.
Rebecca Town, born 1799.
Capt. J. Smith, of Dartmouth.
Francis Town, born 1796. Painted on card.
Mrs. Town. Painted on card by J. H. Gillespie. In the possession of Mrs. Whitmore.
Nicolas Brooking, born 1755, died 1830.
In the possession of Mrs. Whitmore.
Mrs. Nicolas Brooking, died 1840.
Painted on card by Watkins.
Elizabeth Holdsworth Brooking, died 1822. By Watkins.
Sally Cornish (née Brooking), of Scobell, Devon.
All the portraits on this page are in the possession of Mrs. Young, with the exceptions stated.
LV.
Sophia Magdalene Holworthy, youngest daughter of Rev. S. Holworthy. Portrait cut in card.
F. C. Jones, wife of Bishop of St. Davids, eldest daughter of S. Holworthy.
Samuel Holworthy, Esq., born 1758.
Nicholas Haddock Holworthy, R.N., born 1761. In the possession of Mrs. Loggin, of Brighton.
Emily Thurston. In the possession of Mrs. Nicholls.
Rev. J. Dixie Churchill, Rector of Blickley, Norfolk. Cut hollow in white paper over black. In the possession of F. M. Holworthy, Esq.
Edward John Holworthy, Esq., 3rd son of Rev. S. Holworthy, of Croxall, Derbyshire, Major 14th foot. Died 1864.
Rev. W. H. Holworthy, 4th son of Captain Matthew Holworthy, born 1792. Cut hollow in white paper.
LVI.
Handbill Advertisement of Mr. Seville.
The Metternich Family.
LVII.
Queen Victoria.
Cut paper pencilled with gold. In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
Sports.
From Edouart’s Treatise, published in 1835.
LVIII.
Jewelled silhouette clasp on a bracelet of garnets.
Portrait by the Russian silhouettist, A. Rozen. Signed and dated 1796.
Signed portrait by Rayner, 1808.
Silhouette mounted as a ring. It is shown twice the natural size.
These portraits are in the possession of Madame Nossof, Moscow.
LIX.
Signed portrait on glass, by Hübner, dated 1797.
Signed portrait of an Officer, by Pahly.
In the possession of Madame Nossof, Moscow.
Machine for drawing silhouettes life size.
Portrait of George III. In the possession of Lady Sackville, Knole.
LX.
Robert Burns.
Given by the poet to his friend, J. Cotterall.
Washington.
Two silhouettes by August Edouart.
The portraits on this page are in the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
LXI.
Marie Antoinette.
Duchess of Devonshire.
Mrs. Hope.
Mrs. Gray.
The portraits on this page are in the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
LXII.
Silhouette drawings in Indian ink, by Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III. They were given by the Princess to Lady Bankes, at Windsor, August 27th, 1811, and are now in the possession of Lady Dorothy Nevill.
LXIII.
Kingsley Family.
In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
Silhouette of the eighteenth century, painted on card.
In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke.
Kingsley Family.
In the possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
Cupid.
Cut silhouette. In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke.
LXIV.
Blue Morocco bound volume with silver clasp, in which is preserved the silhouette work of Princess Elizabeth. Now owned by Lady Dorothy Nevill.
Group of volumes, containing 5,579 English portraits taken from 1825 to 1839, and 3,625 American portraits taken from 1839 to 1845, by August Edouart, who used them for exhibition purposes, and also as records, as a photographer keeps his negatives.
LXV.
WILLIAM JORDEN 1783
Portraits of the Deverell family, painted by Jorden on glass. Formerly in the Montague Guest collection, now in the possession of the Author.
LXVI.
Portrait painted on convex glass, so that the shadow picture is seen on the flat card behind.
Shadow portrait of a lady delicately painted on glass. The tortoiseshell comb and gold ear-ring are in colour.
Shadow picture painted on convex glass.
All the portraits on this page are in the possession of the Author.
LXVII.
Saucer with blue fish-mark, with x in gold. Portrait of Danté.
Basin and cover in white china with gold ornaments and black silhouette portraits.
Tea-cup of Fürstenberg china, in white and gold, with black silhouette portrait, 3 inches high. In the possession of the Author.
Tea-cup with gold floral ornament and black silhouette.
Coffee-cup with gold and coloured garlands, black silhouette.
This porcelain, with the exception stated, is at Knole.
LXVIII.
Members of the Binns Family.
Family Group.
LXIX.
Signed portrait of James Sword, Esq., of Armfield, May 25th, 1832, in original bird’s-eye maple frame provided by the artist. This portrait was identified through the discovery of its duplicate, cut at the same time, named, dated, and pasted in Edouart’s reference folios.
LXX.
Portrait of the actor Onoye Takanojo with one of his poems, also a silhouette portrait of the same actor. One of a series, “Mako no tsuki Hana no Sugata-ye.”
(“A flower form picture (before) a real moon.”)
Signed, Ichiyeisai Yoshiiku, Shasei.
Ichiyeisai Yoshiiku, facsimile.
Dated, Ausei Hare 4 = 4th month, 1855.
LXXI.
Painting on ivory, unrelieved black.
Gold mounted brooch, signed Miers. The portrait is pencilled in gold.
Painting on ivory. Drapery border on glass.
Patch-box of ivory mounted in gold. Portrait signed Miers. Blue enamelled lid.
Portrait, cut hollow in white paper laid over black satin, brushwork added.
Portrait painted on blue tinted ivory mounted in gold.
Painted on glass with composition backing. The other side of the pendant has a brown silhouette on card, by Foster.
All the objects on this page are in the possession of the Author.
LXXII.
A. Rozen, dated 1796.
Portrait of the Emperor Paul of Russia as a child. Signed Losse.
Signed picture by Anthing, the finest silhouettist of Goëthe’s time. The central figure is that of Gustav Adolph.
All the silhouettes on this page are in the possession of Madame Nossof, Moscow.