- Auguste Edouart (French, 1789-1861)
Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Boy Riding a Hobby Horse, signed
“Aug’n Edouart, fecit 1843 Philadelphia” l.l., the boy identified in an
inscription on the back: “Theodore H. Morris age 3,” full-length cut
and pasted figure of the boy riding and waving a riding crop in one
hand, highlighted with faint white details, (minor toning, foxing, and light
stains), 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.
$200-300
Eleven Silhouettes in a Common Frame, America, c. 1835, hollow-
cut bust-length silhouettes mounted on black card, likely depicting
family members, (toning, each spot glued on corners), overall sight size
12 1/2 x 10 in., in a molded wood frame.
$400-600
Framed Silhouette Portrait of a Boy and a Framed Silhouette
Advertisement, August Edouart (French, 1789-1861), stamped
signature “AUG.N EDOUARTE fecit 1827” l.l., possible indistinct
subject’s name inscribed in pencil on l.r. of reverse “H O--- Hoey Bath”
(England); full-length cut and pasted figure of the boy wearing a top hat
and holding a walking stick, (imperfections), 10 1/4 x 7 3/8; together
with a small clipped newspaper advertisement “Executed by Mons.
Edouarte,” at “Mr. Price’s 14, Old Bond-Street, Bath,” 1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.
$400-600
Pair of Silhouette Portraits of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Yarrow
of Philadelphia, Augustus Day (ac. 1800-c. 1845), Philadelphia, c.
1834, each signed “DAY FECIT” under busts, the sitters identified
in inscriptions on the reverse; the painted silhouette likenesses with
gray-blue painted gouache details, with old Withington’s “Emerson
Greenaway Collection” auction label affixed to the back, (foxing, minor
toning), 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in., in matching period mahogany veneer frames.
$300-500
470.
Five Framed Silhouettes, America, early 19th century, a cut and
pasted portrait of a woman by William King, with embossed “KING”
stamp l.l., in a later octagonal frame; a hollow-cut pair of a man and a
woman, in a later frame; a painted likeness of a woman, in an eglomise
mat and later frame; a hollow-cut portrait of “Priscilla Spachaw R.
Hodges,” identified in ink inscriptions below, (imperfections), 3 1/8 x 2
3/8-4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
$200-300471.
Silhouette Portrait of a Gentleman, America, c. 1825, hollow-cut
head with ink and watercolor details, (toning, small tear and paper
thinning u.l.), sight size 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in., in a later molded silvered
frame.
$250-350472.
Framed Pair of Silhouettes of Isaac and Lavinia (Phillips) Primmer,
America, c. 1830, the sitters identified in ink inscriptions on paper
below, hollow-cut portraits, 5 x 4 in., in matching period molded
giltwood frames, (minor toning), 5 x 3 7/8 in.
$250-350473.
Two Silhouette Portraits of Ladies, America, c. 1830, both hollow-cut
profiles with applied lithograph bodies, (toning, stains), sight sizes 3 7/8
x 2 3/4, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in., in pressed brass frames.
$200-300474.
Five Framed Silhouettes, Anglo/American, early 19th century, a pair
cut of thin white wove paper pasted onto black velvet, both signed
“Bache”; a painted profile of a young man with China white details, the
backing card inscribed “Benjamin Passmore”; a gentleman with hollow-
cut head and bust with gray ink details, in an eglomise mat; a full-length
cut and pasted silhouette of an older gentleman; a reverse-painted
glass silhouette of a gentleman wearing a tricorn hat, the backboard
inscribed “Mr. Crofs Wiath”; (imperfections), sight sizes from 3 1/4 x 2
3/4-6 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.
$400-600online bidding at http://www.skinnerinc.com 101