Gertrude Antiques has dated this Framed Antique Silhouette Portrait to the 19th Century.
Silhouettes were very popular during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century - 1790-1840. The earliest professional silhouettists were portrait miniaturists. Silhouettes became an affordable way for people to have portraits made. They were made by using a light source to cast a shadow.
This is because he liked making silhouettes himself and his name became synonymous with doing things cheaply.
The invention of photography signalled the end of the silhouette as a popular form of portraiture.
Gertrude Antiques has dated this Framed Antique Silhouette Portrait to the 19th Century.
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A Nineteenth Century Silhouette of a Young Gentleman
