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Sat, Jan 26, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1158

Two Family Group Silhouettes

Estimate: $500 - $700

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(British, 19th century)

portrait of Gilmore family, signed lower right "Fred Firth 1850", black ink cut outs with gilt and body color highlights, pencil and ink, laid on cream wove paper, 18 x 22-1/2 in., later wood frame, [toning, foxing, a few small loose pieces from cut outs]; scrap book page, portrait of Gray family and Miss Marguerite Barry, black ink cut outs on cream wove paper, handwritten on lower edge, "Miss Elizabeth Gray, Mr. and Mrs. John Gray 29th May 1832, Miss Marguerite Barry 12th May assistant Royal Lunatic Asylum", in pencil at top, "Vol 2/238", 10 x 14 in., [toning, one inch vertical tear at bottom, uneven top edge]

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