Hand-screen showing scene at a musical party, painted on orange-yellow
card. In the possession of Mr. Desmond Coke. A similar screen, probably
by the same artist, is in the possession of Dr. Beetham, descendant of
Mrs. Beetham, Silhouettist, of Fleet Street.]
[Illustration: XXX.
DICK ANTONY.
LORD YARBOROUGH. Taken at Cowes.
WHITEMAN, of Southampton.
LORD HENRY RUSSELL.
SIR THOS. MCMAHON, Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth.
MR. J. P. DIXON.
These brushwork portraits are in the collection of Francis Wellesley,
Esq.]
[Illustration: XXXI.
Portrait by E. Haines. Formerly in the Montague Guest Collection. “Cut by
E. Haines, Profilist and Scissorgraphist.”
MRS. KENNING. Painted, with gold pencilling.
MR. KENNING.
The portraits on this page are in the possession of the Author.]
[Illustration: XXXII.
Worcester Vase, 13½ inches high, with silhouette of George III. and motto
commemorating his Jubilee.
In the possession of Mr. C. F. Spink.]
[Illustration: XXXIII.
Worcester Vase, 13 inches high, with silhouette of George III., from
Knole, Sevenoaks.]
[Illustration: XXXIV.
GEORGE III. Cut by his daughter, Princess Elizabeth. Now in the
possession of Lady Dorothy Nevill.
MRS. JORDAN, the Actress. In the collection of Lady Dorothy Nevill.]
[Illustration: XXXV.
Indian Ink drawing in silhouette. On it is written: “H.R.H. Princess
Elizabeth was pleased to give me (Lady Bankes) at Windsor, August 27th,
1811, where I had the honour of seeing her by chance.” From MS. book
belonging to Lady Dorothy Nevill.
Silhouettes of the Exley family. Cut in black paper, about 1840.]
[Illustration: XXXVI.
GEORGE BROWN, Esq., of Everton, Liverpool.
Painted in dark olive green touched with white. Unsigned.
A Member of the Withers Family, Everton, Liverpool.
Figures cut out in white paper by Princess Elizabeth. The centre figure
is cut so that it throws a shadow when held between a light and screen.
In the possession of Lady Dorothy Nevill.]
[Illustration: XXXVII.
QUEEN VICTORIA AND LORD MELBOURNE.
Probably cut by Atkinson, of Windsor, pencilled with gold. In the
possession of Francis Wellesley, Esq.
DANIEL O’CONNELL.
From Edouart’s _Treatise on Silhouettes_, published in 1835.]
[Illustration: XXXVIII.
Painted family group, relieved with colour. In the possession of A. W.
Searley.
MR. and MRS. FISK, of Oxford, with their sons, Marshall and Fred, and
daughter, Elizabeth Prudence, who married Thomas Jackson. Signed, “Aug:
Edouart, fecit 1828.” In the possession of Miss Emily E. Jackson.]
[Illustration: XXXIX.
THE BURNEY FAMILY.
MISS HARRIET CONNELL AND MISS FANNY BARTON.
The portraits on this page are in the possession of Francis Wellesley,
Esq.]
[Illustration: XL.
Full-length portrait of FRAU VON STEIN. From Lavater’s _Essays on
Physiognomy_, published in 1793.
NAPOLEON. Cut by Edouart, with lithograph background. From the _Treatise
on Silhouettes_, published in 1835.]
[Illustration: XLI.
Portrait of a Boy, early nineteenth century.
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