$444
Family Group Silhouette Portrait, England, c. 1840, cut and pasted silhouette with bronze highlights picturing a portly gentleman with wispy hair wearing spectacles, seated in a classical chair holding a book in one hand, with two young boys standing in front of him, a label affixed to the reverse identifying the subjects is inscribed "F. L----s Dales Grandfather Rev. Peter Steele Dale/His Father Robert Morris Dale/His Uncle Polus Dale," (toning, minor foxing, and light stains), 12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in., in a period bird's-eye maple veneer frame. Note: Rev. Peter Steele Dale entered Brazenose College, Oxford, England, was ordained in 1802, and was appointed minister at Hollingfare Church in Warrington, England, in 1829, where he remained until his death in 1870 at the age of 90.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
