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John Field
John Field early 19th Century Georgian English silhouette portrait

Circa 1810

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A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period. John Field (1758-1821) Portrait of a young gentleman Watercolour with bronze touches on plaster 3 x 2½ inches, oval, without the frame 6 x 5 inches with the frame John Field was one of the most famous of silhouette artists. He began his career as an assistant to John Miers the most successful profilist of the eighteenth century. By 1794 he was responsible for most of the profiles painted at Miers' London studio. In 1830 the Miers and Field partnership was dissolved and Field worked at the same address as his son, also a profile painter, Henry William Field. Field not only produced silhouettes but filled sketchbooks with landscape drawings and painted landscapes, some of which were unusually on the same plaster surface on which he painted silhouettes. He exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, both silhouettes and landscapes.
  • Creator:
    John Field (1758 - 1821, British)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1810
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Width: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    In good, ready to hang condition, minor blemishes to the frame.
  • Gallery Location:
    Harkstead, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1481214438882

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