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Frederick Frith, Signed Cut Silhouette 1840
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Frederick Frith, Signed Cut Silhouette 1840

19th century
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Expertly cut and finely gilded in 1840, this full-length silhouette shows a well-dressed gentleman wearing glasses. His frock-coat with its deep lapels with buttonholes is typical of the 1840s as is his Wellington style top hat. Note too the double watch chain attached to his waistcoat.

Set against a sepia watercolour wash, the silhouette is signed Frith / 1840 bottom left for Frederick Frith of the Royal Victoria Gallery. It is housed in the original rosewood frame with a gilt slip. The silhouette is in fine clean condition; the frame has an old corner chip top right but is otherwise also fine.

The Royal Victoria Gallery was a family-run business. Brothers Frederick and Henry Frith were both cutters of silhouettes whilst their father, John, having been a portrait artist, probably painted their colour profiles and their sister, Letitia, did much of the bronzing and gilding. Advertising as ‘PAPRYOTOMISTS to His Late as well as to her present Most Gracious Majesty’, they toured extensively and produced highly finished work. When the introduction of photography threatened their livelihood, the brothers embraced the new technology and opened a Photography Studio before emigrating to Australia.

Framed Size: 364 x 310mm

Physical Dimensions
Height
36cm (14.17")
Width
31cm (12.20")
Declaration

Wigs on the Green has dated this Victorian Cut Paper Silhouette to the 19th Century.

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Description
Expertly cut and finely gilded in 1840, this full-length silhouette shows a well-dressed gentleman wearing glasses.
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His frock-coat with its deep lapels with buttonholes is typical of the 1840s as is his Wellington style top hat.
Wigs on the Green

Note too the double watch chain attached to his waistcoat.

fig 1. A framed nineteenth-century cut silhouette depicting a gentleman in a top hat and frock coat set within a figured timber frame with a gilt slip.
fig 1. Frederick Frith, Signed Cut Silhouette 1840

Set against a sepia watercolour wash, the silhouette is signed Frith / 1840 bottom left for Frederick Frith of the Royal Victoria Gallery. It is housed in the original rosewood frame with a gilt slip. The silhouette is in fine clean condition; the frame has an old corner chip top right but is otherwise also fine.

fig 2. A framed nineteenth-century cut silhouette depicting a gentleman in a top hat and frock coat set within a figured timber frame with a gilt slip.
fig 2. Frederick Frith, Signed Cut Silhouette 1840

The Royal Victoria Gallery was a family-run business. Brothers Frederick and Henry Frith were both cutters of silhouettes whilst their father, John, having been a portrait artist, probably painted their colour profiles and their sister, Letitia, did much of the bronzing and gilding. Advertising as ‘PAPRYOTOMISTS to His Late as well as to her present Most Gracious Majesty’, they toured extensively and produced highly finished work. When the introduction of photography threatened their livelihood, the brothers embraced the new technology and opened a Photography Studio before emigrating to Australia.

Framed Size: 364 x 310mm

Height
36cm (14.17")
Width
31cm (12.20")
Date of Manufacture

Wigs on the Green has dated this Victorian Cut Paper Silhouette to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1195459
Dealers Internal Ref
AI810
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Archive I A framed nineteenth-century cut silhouette depicting a gentleman in a top hat and frock coat set within a figured timber frame with a gilt slip.

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A framed nineteenth-century cut silhouette depicting a gentleman in a top hat and frock coat set within a figured timber frame with a gilt slip.
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A silhouette portrait is a profile likeness rendered in dark shade or cut from black paper, popularised in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as an accessible form of portraiture before photography became widespread.

Silhouette artists typically utilised black paper cut with fine embroidery scissors, India ink, or watercolour paint on card stock, frequently finished with delicate gold or bronze gilding highlights to denote clothing texture.

Authentic Victorian silhouettes often feature hand-cut edges, visible watercolour or bronzed detailing to depict costume, period timber framing such as birds-eye maple or papier-mache, and artist signatures or blind stamps near the base.

Framed silhouettes function effectively when grouped in a gallery wall arrangement alongside varied graphic prints, positioned on a mantelpiece, or hung in narrow corridor spaces to add historical contrast to modern wall surfaces.

To prevent discolouration and fading, display paper silhouettes away from direct sunlight and high humidity environments, ensuring they are mounted using acid-free materials behind protective glass.
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