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Augustin Edouart, Cut Silhouette

19th century
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One of Augustin Edouart’s stylistic traits was to give his sitters tiny cut eyelashes. This applied also to his canine friends including this lively pug-like dog captured mid-bounce. The silhouette is presented in a period daguerreotype case with a decorative gilt mount and a hanging ring.

Although best known for his individual silhouettes of people, Augustin Edouart (1788-1861) also cut family conversation pieces, often with the family dog. Alongside an archive of his work, he also kept scrapbooks in which he pasted practice and experimental cuttings. Unfortunately these scrapbooks and his archive volumes were mostly all lost at 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.

Provenance: The Artist's Scrapbook

Physical Dimensions
Height
9.3cm (3.66")
Width
8.1cm (3.19")
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Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

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SA1159744
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5020N
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One of Augustin Edouart’s stylistic traits was to give his sitters tiny cut eyelashes. This applied also to his canine friends including this lively pug-like dog captured mid-bounce.
The silhouette is presented in a period daguerreotype case with a decorative gilt mount and a hanging ring.
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fig 1. Augustin Edouart, Cut Silhouette
fig 1. Augustin Edouart, Cut Silhouette

Although best known for his individual silhouettes of people, Augustin Edouart (1788-1861) also cut family conversation pieces, often with the family dog. Alongside an archive of his work, he also kept scrapbooks in which he pasted practice and experimental cuttings. Unfortunately these scrapbooks and his archive volumes were mostly all lost at 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.

Provenance: The Artist's Scrapbook

Height
9.3cm (3.66")
Width
8.1cm (3.19")
Date of Manufacture

Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1159744
Dealers Internal Ref
5020N
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Small portraiture of character & historical interest

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Augustin Edouart, Cut Silhouette
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