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John MiersJohn Miers late 18th Century Georgian English silhouette portraitCirca 1780
Circa 1780
About the Item
A very finely detailed silhouette in very good condition by one of the truly great silhouette artists of the Georgian period.
John Miers (1758-1821)
Portrait of a gentleman, profile to the left, wearing coat, frilled cravat, pigtail wig tied with a ribbon bow
Watercolour on plaster
3 x 2½ inches, oval, without the frame
5½ x 4½ inches with the frame
Miers was born in Leeds, where he worked as a painter of profile portraits, known as silhouettes, from 1781. He also travelled to various towns in the north of England and spent time in Edinburgh before settling in London in 1788. Miers was the best known and most prolific maker of this fashionable type of portrait, producing thousands of silhouettes which were considered to be excellent likenesses. It took two minutes to sit for a silhouette, the price for which ranged from 7 shillings and sixpence to one guinea.
- Creator:John Miers
- Creation Year:Circa 1780
- 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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- Condition:In good, ready to hang condition. The frame has craquelure to the ebonised surface and a few blemishes to the edges.
- Gallery Location:Harkstead, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1481214440792
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