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ANTIQUE #SA696626
mrs lightfoot silhouette with artist's trade label - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE ART - DATED 18TH CENTURY
 

Mrs Lightfoot, Silhouette With Artist's Trade Label

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Wigs on the Green

This demure young lady with her hair in a banging chignon under a veiled head dress secured with a ribbon bow has been painted on a plaster base by Mrs Mary Lightfoot during the 1790s.
 
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Sadly we dont know the ladys name. The profile is housed in the original brass-faced frame (slightly tarnished with age) backed with the artists trade label.
 
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It was an eight-month stay by John Miers at her house in Liverpool in 1785 that prompted Mary Lightfoot (ca 1750-1837) to begin painting silhouettes. Her artistic career was, however, short-lived and her work failed to reach the standard of her mentor.
 
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Internal Reference: 5965
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA696626
Dateline of this antique is 18th Century
Height is 12cm (4.7inches)
Width is 10cm (3.9inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Antique SA696626 shown on this page was made in the 18th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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CONTACT DETAILS OF SELLER:
WIGS ON THE GREEN PROFILE PHOTO WHICH LINKS TO DEALER PAGE
Wigs on the Green
Small Portraiture of Character & Historical Interest
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07962 257915
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD