Lot 235
GROUP OF PORTRAIT SILHOUETTES BY AUGUSTE EDOUART (1789-1861)
CIRCA 1830
Auction: Day One | Wed 12th Nov at 10am | Lots 1 to 338
Description
to include a cut paper figure of a gentleman seated at a table, signed AUG.ST EDOUART FECIT 1830; a cut paper figure of a lady holding a small purse, signed AUG. EDOUART FECIT 1830, both in a rosewood frames; cut paper figures of Rev. Dickson taking snuff attended by his wife, in a sepia wash and pencil drawing room interior, signed AUG.ST EDOUART FECIT 1830; a cut paper figure of Mrs. Dickson seated and reading, in a sepia wash and pencil room interior, signed AU EDOUART FECIT 1830, both in bird's eye maple frames with handwritten family history verso; together with TWO FURTHER PORTRAIT SILHOUETTES, one a cut paper figure of a large gentleman alongside a young child with a toy horse on wheels, in a rosewood frame; and a cut paper figure group of a family, with a young girl standing between her seated mother and father, in a mahogany frame, both unsigned (6)
Dimensions
largest 31.5cm high, 44.5cm wide; smallest 27.5cm high, 23.5cm wide