Lot Essay
Sue McKechnie (British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860, London, 1978, p. 246) records that trade label no. 9 was used during the late 1830s.
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Hubard Gallery
A young Boy, standing in profile to left, in plaid dress with ruffled white collar, white trousers, wearing a black hat with a tassel, holding a model yacht in his right hand; harbour and landscape background
cut-out on card, heightened with gouache and gold, pencil and watercolour background, trade label no. 9 reverse, maple frame
rectangular, 10.5/8 x 6.5/8in. (270 x 168mm.)
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A young Boy, standing in profile to left, in plaid dress with ruffled white collar, white trousers, wearing a black hat with a tassel, holding a model yacht in his right hand; harbour and landscape background
cut-out on card, heightened with gouache and gold, pencil and watercolour background, trade label no. 9 reverse, maple frame
rectangular, 10.5/8 x 6.5/8in. (270 x 168mm.)
See Illustration