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Augustin Edouart Teeny Cut Silhouette of a Dog
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Augustin Edouart Teeny Cut Silhouette of a Dog

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 teeny dog. The cut silhouette (under 3 cm in height) is presented in a deep giltwood frame with convex glass. The frame has loss to the gilding on the side edges but this is not really noticeable when hung.

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 tiny cutting. The silhouette has stamp of authenticity on the reverse.

Framed Size: 71 x 64mm

Provenance: The Artist's Scrapbook

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Wigs on the Green has dated this Antique Silhouette Dog Portrait to the 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 teeny dog. The cut silhouette (under 3 cm in height) is presented in a deep giltwood frame with convex glass. The frame has loss to the gilding on the side edges but this is not really noticeable when hung.
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Although best known for his individual silhouettes of people, Augustin Edouart (1788-1861) also cut family conversation pieces, often with the family dog.
Wigs on the Green

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 tiny cutting. The silhouette has stamp of authenticity on the reverse.

Framed Size: 71 x 64mm

Provenance: The Artist's Scrapbook

Date of Manufacture

Wigs on the Green has dated this Antique Silhouette Dog Portrait to the 19th Century.

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SA1230039
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5021-b
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A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame.
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Archive I A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame.

Augustin Edouart Teeny Cut Silhouette of a Dog

Archive II A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame. View II
Archive III A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame. View III
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A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame.
Augustin Edouart Teeny Cut Silhouette of a Dog
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A miniature black cut-paper silhouette depicting a seated dog profile within a deep, oval giltwood frame.
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A cut paper silhouette is a profile portrait created by cutting black paper or card and mounting it onto a contrasting background, a technique popularised during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as an accessible alternative to painted miniatures.

Early nineteenth-century silhouettes were cut using fine scissors or scalpels, then mounted in deep oval or rectangular giltwood, papier-mache, or rosewood frames protected by glass.

Authentic pieces generally display age-related tonality or foxing on the paper backing, hand-carved or gilded frame irregularities, genuine gilding wear, and precise scissor work along the profile edges.

Miniature framed silhouettes function effectively arranged in gallery wall groupings, displayed on gallery rails, or placed within bookshelf vignettes alongside antique leather-bound volumes and brass objects.

Keep paper silhouettes out of direct sunlight to prevent fading and discoloration, maintain stable humidity levels, and gently dust the exterior frame with a dry microfibre cloth without using liquid cleaners on gilded surfaces.
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