Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
She was just three years old when her mother died. In 1779, aged 27, Ann married John Hawkins and with him had three sons and a daughter, the youngest born a few months after her husband’s early death. Ann herself was 71 when died in 1823.
The silhouette is presented in the original ebonised frame with a crenellated inner border and is in fine untouched condition.
Active between 1772 and 1787, Sarah Harrington specialised in ‘hollow-cut’ silhouettes where the profile was cut out of white paper but it was the surrounding paper that was retained and backed with either black paper or silk. Having taken up silhouette cutting in later life, Mrs Harrington successfully patented her method of producing profiles in 1775. She regularly went on tour attracting a steady clientele. As a well-educated lady herself, she advocated the education of women even giving geography lessons to young ladies.
Framed Size: 105 x 95mm
Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 18th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Hollow-cut Silhouette by Sarah Harrington
