Pair of Moses Chapman Silhouettes and His Framed Silhouette
Advertisement, probably Essex County, Massachusetts, early 19th
century, original printed handbill on wove paper for Moses Chapman,
5 1/2 x 7, in a molded giltwood frame; together with two hollow-cut
portraits of a boy and a girl, with embossed “CHAPMAN/Siccauit”
below busts, (minor toning), sight size 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in., in molded
giltwood frames.
$2,000-3,000
Two Peale’s Museum Silhouettes and a Framed Peale’s Museum
Broadside, America, early 19th century, bust-length hollow-cut wove
rag paper profiles, one of a young woman inscribed “Mary T. Haines”
on the reverse with a very faint embossed spread eagle maker’s
mark under the bust, (minor foxing), 4 x 3 1/8, in a period molded
giltwood frame; and one of a gentleman, identified on a label affixed
to the reverse “Silhouette of Rev. Wm. F. Rowland,” with a very faintly
embossed “MUSEUM” mark under the bust, (minor toning), dia. 3
7/8, in a round black-painted molded wood frame; together with a
framed printed broadside for “PEALE’S MUSEUM, In The State House,
Philadelphia, Admittance 25 cents.,” dated April, 1818, (toning, minor
small losses and creases), sight size 9 x 4 1/2 in.
$600-800
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Group of Four Framed Silhouettes of Family Members, “W. &
J. Walter Profilists/London,” c. 1850, makers’ names stamped on
reverse, “Jan’y 18 1851” inscribed on the back of one; cut and pasted
likenesses heightened with gilt of two ladies and two gentlemen, (minor
toning and stains), sight size 4 x 2 1/4 in., in original matching period
wood frames with gilt liners.
$600-800465.
Four Small Framed Silhouettes and a Framed Portrait Miniature,
late 18th/early 19th century, the four hollow-cut silhouettes comprising
a portrait with graphite details of a young man identified on the verso
as “Uncle James Bradburg” or “Bradbury,” 4 x 2 3/4, in a molded,
red-painted wood frame; a portrait of a woman with graphite details,
identified as Mary Eaton Stetson, sight size 3 3/8 x 2 5/8, in an
eglomise mat and molded giltwood frame; a portrait of an older
gentleman, sight size 5 x 3 3/8, in a painted mahogany frame; a portrait
of a woman wearing a bonnet with ink details on collar, sight size 4 x 2
7/8, in a mitered wood frame; together with a bust-length profile portrait
miniature of a boy, watercolor on paper cutout, applied to paper with
painted balustrade in the background, sight size 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in., in a
black lacquered composition frame.
$500-700100 additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com