three-antique-silhouettes-18th-19th-century
Lot 252
Three Antique Silhouettes, 18th-19th Century
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first of a youth, watercolor on paper, presented within a gilt frame with oval window, the backing inscribed "NATUS 24 FEB 1777 / W. H. M. / OBIT April 1793 / Etas 16." (frame dimensions 8 x 7 in.); second of a woman, gouache on paper with traces of graphite, verso initialled and dated "G. T. / Oct. 1837," framed within gilt and black border matting (8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); and the third a hollow-cut profile of a gentleman, framed behind gilt and black eglomise glass.

From the Estate of the late Robin Satinsky, Donglomur, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Toning to sheet; some age appropriate wear to frames; some losses to eglomise.