Antique Silhouette by H.A. Frith of the Royal Victoria Galler

Peggy McClard Antiques

Americana & Folk Art

An exceptional cut & paste silhouette from H.A. Frith of the Royal Victoria Gallery. This beautiful silhouette shows the excellent gilt embellishment that makes silhouettes of the Gallery so desirable. The artistry of this piece shows in how the gold highlights give a portrait-like quality to the very dark blackened paper. The light shimmers upon the young girl's hair. She holds her hat by the ribbon sash that is remarkably portrayed. Subtly you can see that the hat is made of straw. The folds of her skirt flair from her dropped waist. Her boots button up the side and slip under her lace underpants. In, short, she is an example of the best that silhouette portraiture has to offer. Signed in the lower right corner of the watercolor wash background, "Frith/ 1850". Both of the Frith brothers tended to sign merely their last name, with no first initial. Sue McKechnie identified the signature exhibited here as that of H.A. Frith. In excellent condition and housed in a period bird's-eye maple flat profile frame that measures 8 7/8" x 11 1/2".

(#4358) $2250

Please see the Silhouettist Biographies page for more information about the Royal Victoria Gallery and the Frith brothers.

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