Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The silhouette is signed and dated bottom right, ‘F. W. Seville 1841’. It can be deduced from advertisements that Seville was touring northern Irish towns during 1841.
The silhouette is housed in a handsome burr walnut frame with a later gilt slip.
Frederick William Seville was the son of William Seville (b.1797) of Manchester. Frederick worked with his father from about 1840 onwards as an itinerant artist cutting silhouettes and painting miniature portraits. They travelled around Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the northern counties of England as shown by numerous advertisements in local newspapers. Frederick was considered particularly skilled at the gilding work as evidenced by this fine example.
Framed Size: 263 x 215mm (10¼ x 8?")
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Wigs on the Green has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Small portraiture of character & historical interest
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Irish Cut Silhouette by F. W. Seville 1841
