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Wigs on the Green has dated this Painted Portrait Silhouette to the Regency era.
Her abundant curls are secured with a broad bandeau.
The profile is delicately painted on card in shades of black and grey with a touch of gum arabic to heighten the ribbon bandeau. It is attributed to William Hamlet the Younger on stylistic grounds and is presented in a traditional papier-mâché frame with convex glass and a star hanger.
Born in 1799, William was a second generation silhouette artist working from a studio located near the seasonally popular Pump Rooms in Bath. William Jnr died in 1815 whilst in his mid-thirties. He pre-deceased his father and left his wife with five children aged between 2 and 13 with a sixth child born three months later.
Framed Size: 125 x 112mm
Wigs on the Green has dated this Painted Portrait Silhouette to the Regency era.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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William Hamlet the Younger Painted Silhouette
