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A British School Family Silhouette C.1890
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
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A British School Family Silhouette C.1890

19th century
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A charming British School family silhouette, showing a mother, father and daughter. The daughter holds a riding crop. The family is pictured in the garden and at the edges of the picture are trellises. The picture is in its original ebonised frame which has some age related wear - the silhouette is painted on paper. A lovely example of a family silhouette. It measures (with frame) 38.5 width and 312.5 high. Actual size of painting 28.5 width and 21cm high.

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31.5cm (12.40")
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Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors has dated this Antique Family Silhouette Portrait to the 19th Century.

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Description
A charming British School family silhouette, showing a mother, father and daughter. The daughter holds a riding crop. The family is pictured in the garden and at the edges of the picture are trellises.
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The picture is in its original ebonised frame which has some age related wear - the silhouette is painted on paper.
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors

A lovely example of a family silhouette. It measures (with frame) 38.5 width and 312.5 high. Actual size of painting 28.5 width and 21cm high.

Width
31.5cm (12.40")
Date of Manufacture

Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors has dated this Antique Family Silhouette Portrait to the 19th Century.

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SA1074878
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BFA
Gill Coe Antiques & Interiors
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A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details.
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Archive I A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details.

A British School Family Silhouette c.1890

Archive II A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details. View II
Archive III A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details. View III
Archive IV A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details. View IV
Archive V A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details. View V
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A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details.
A British School Family Silhouette c.1890
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A late 19th-century framed British silhouette depicting a mother, child, and father in profile against an off-white background with trellised details.
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Silhouette portraits originated in the mid-18th century as an affordable alternative to painted miniature portraits. Named after the French finance minister Etienne de Silhouette, these profile depictions remained widely popular across Europe throughout the 19th century until studio photography replaced them.

19th-century silhouettes were commonly made using black india ink painted on paper, card, or plaster, or by cutting black paper profiles mounted on light backgrounds. Frames were typically constructed from stained fruitwood, papier-mache with brass mounts, or painted wooden mouldings.

Authentic 19th-century silhouettes often exhibit natural paper aging, tone shifts, and light foxing on the card support. Close examination under magnification usually reveals hand-drawn graphite outlines, brush stroke variations in ink work, or precise scissor-cut edges rather than modern printing dots.

Silhouette portraits style effectively when hung in vertical pairs or grouped together on gallery walls, hallway landings, or narrow piers. Their monochrome palette allows them to integrate easily alongside both contemporary black-and-white photography and classic oil paintings.

Paper artwork should be kept away from direct sunlight, high humidity, and fluctuating temperatures to prevent fading and paper degradation. Frames should ideally use UV-filtering glass and acid-free mounting materials to preserve the paper support over time.
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