Silhouette; Bust of Man Facing Right

John Miers

Caption

John Miers (British, 1758–1821). Silhouette; Bust of Man Facing Right, ca. 1810. Plaster, paint, gilt inner frame, papier mache outer frame, 5 3/8 x 6 in. (13.7 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles, 64.195.61.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Silhouette; Bust of Man Facing Right

Date

ca. 1810

Medium

Plaster, paint, gilt inner frame, papier mache outer frame

Classification

Portrait, Miniatures

Dimensions

5 3/8 x 6 in. (13.7 x 15.2 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscrptions

Markings

Label on back (has been cut to oval shape to fit back of silhouette) reads: "Miers / [Pr]ofile Painter and Jewe [11er] / No. 111 opposite Exeter Change Str[and]/ (remainder of label illegible). Handwritten on label in pencil is "William John C.. (?).." (presumable the name of the sitter).

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

64.195.61

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