Silhouette Portrait

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Artist/Maker	Edouart, Augustin (artist)
Place of origin	Cheltenham (made)

Silhouette portrait of the Rev. A. Utterson, full-length, right profile. Signed and dated 'Augn. Edouart, fecit 1826. Signed and dated 'Augn. Edouart, fecit 1826' and inscribed in ink in a later hand with the name of sitter. On the back is the trade-label of the artist, addressed from Cheltenham.

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Category	Portraits
Object type	Silhouette portrait
Materials and techniques	Cut paper Paper Silhouette Cut Paper Work
Brief description	August Edouart. Silhouette portrait of the Rev. A. Utterson, full-length, right profile. 1826. French School
Physical description	Silhouette portrait of the Rev. A. Utterson, full-length, right profile. Signed and dated 'Augn. Edouart, fecit 1826. Signed and dated 'Augn. Edouart, fecit 1826' and inscribed in ink in a later hand with the name of sitter. On the back is the trade-label of the artist, addressed from Cheltenham.
Dimensions	Height: 28.89cm Width: 8.89cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed in ink in a later hand with the name of sitter) (On the back is the trade-label of the artist, addressed from Cheltenham) 'Augn. Edouart, fecit 1826' (Signed and dated)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Colonel A.T. Utterson through The Art Fund
Subject depicted	Silhouettes
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.240-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O591274/silhouette-portrait-edouart-augustin/

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