$296
Four Framed Oval Silhouettes, America, early 19th century, one cut and pasted silhouette of a gentleman by Master Hubard with stamped inscription on backing paper "Cut with Scissors by MASTER HUBARD, without Drawing or Machine," in a pressed brass frame; a hollow-cut portrait of a woman with ink details signed under the bust "by D. Hubbard," the backboard with an inscription "G.B. Brewster Dedham," in a pressed brass frame; a hollow-cut image of a boy, the back affixed with a paper label inscribed "Charles Henry Hanson born 1823," in a pressed brass frame; and a cut and pasted likeness of a young man with indistinct signature below the bust and red watercolor details, with a Withington's "Emerson Greenaway Collection" auction label affixed to the back, (minor imperfections), sizes from 3 x 2 3/8-4 x 3 1/4 in. Hubard gent: good- minor toning; woman- dark toning and foxing; boy- toning; young man- minor toning.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
