Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
He spent the next fifteen years travelling around the British Isles cutting thousands of profiles including many authors, musicians, politicians and royalty before setting sail to the United States where again he found favour and success.
Although best known for his individual silhouettes of people, Edouart also cut many family conversation pieces often including the family dog. He also kept scrapbooks in which he pasted his practice and experimental cuttings. These scrapbooks and his archive of work were mostly all lost to the sea when Edouart was shipwrecked off the coast of Guernsey in 1829. Some years ago a salvaged scrapbook came to light in a Parisian bookshop and this is the source of this unique cutting. The silhouette carries a stamp of authenticity within the frame.
The silhouette is beautifully presented in a period daguerreotype frame with a small hanging ring.
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Augustin Edouart - Cut Silhouette of a Begging Dog
