Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
The silhouette is housed in the original hammered brass frame backed with the artist’s trade label no. 2 complete with the Royal coat of arms.
Austrian-born, Charles Rosenberg (1745-1844) is thought to have come to England in 1761 as a fourteen year old page to Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz when she arrived to marry King George III. As a favourite of the King’s, Rosenberg was promoted from page to King’s Messenger and this connection likely explains why he enjoyed royal and aristocratic patronage throughout his artistic career. In 1816 he was invited, along with his son, to paint a likeness of Princess Charlotte a few day's prior to her marriage. Rosenberg settled in Bath marrying Elizabeth Woolley at Bath Abbey in September 1790. Living close to the fashionable ‘Walks’ and Assembly Rooms, Rosenberg becoming one of the most successful silhouettists of the period. He also offered drawing lessons for complete beginners.
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Silhouette on Glass by Charles Rosenberg, 1790s
