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Emporium Auction - March 23, 2023

Thu, Mar 23, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 256

Three British or American School Silhouette Portraits

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(19th century)

Gentleman Facing Right, labeled verso "Gallery of Cuttings/Cut by Master Hankes With Scissors", ink cutout with bronzing on cream paper, sight 5-3/8 x 4-1/8 in.; Lady Facing Left, blind stamped lower right "Todd's", cream paper hollow cut on black paper, sight 5-3/4 x 5-1/4 in.; Gentleman Facing Left, blind stamped bottom "Peale Museum", cream paper hollow cut on black paper, sight 4 x 3 in.; each in period frame, largest 10-1/8 x 9 in.

Condition

toning and foxing, losses and damage to frames; largest example with flaking and loss to veneer on right side
Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia