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Selected silhouettes from the Collection.
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Unknown man, formerly known as George Henry Harlow
by Unknown artist
silhouette, 1780s or 1790s
7 1/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. (181 mm x 130 mm) uneven
NPG 4219
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Hawkins
by Unknown artist
ink on paper, circa 1781
2 1/2 in. (64 mm) high
NPG 5020
© National Portrait Gallery, London
King George III
by Unknown artist
ink, late 18th century
3 in. x 2 1/2 in. (75 mm x 62 mm) paper size
NPG D529
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Horatio Nelson
by Benjamin Pearce
silhouette, 1805
NPG D534
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Possibly Jane Austen
by Unknown artist
hollow-cut silhouette, circa 1800-1815
4 in. x 3 1/8 in. (102 mm x 80 mm)
NPG 3181
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Hannah More
by Augustin Edouart
cut black paper with wash, 1827
8 3/4 in. x 11 in. (222 mm x 279 mm)
NPG 4501
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Victoria
possibly by Benjamin Pearce
silhouette, 1830s
NPG D461
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Lear
by Unknown artist
silhouette, circa 1830s
2 1/2 in. x 1 1/8 in. (63 mm x 30 mm)
NPG 1759
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Jane Murray
by Augustin Edouart
silhouette, 1837
9 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (241 mm x 114 mm)
NPG 1638a
© National Portrait Gallery, London
George Eliot
by Unknown artist
silhouette
4 1/2 in. x 2 3/4 in. (114 mm x 70 mm)
NPG 2645
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lady (Charlotte) Eleanor Butler; Sarah Ponsonby
by Unknown artist
silhouette, circa 1810-1823
7 3/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. (197 mm x 165 mm)
NPG 6243
© National Portrait Gallery, London
William Marsden
attributed to Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
silhouette, 1818
18 3/4 in. x 13 in. (477 mm x 330 mm)
NPG 316a(85)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany; King George IV
by Crowhurst of Brighton
silhouette, circa 1827
12 1/2 in. x 9 3/8 in. (318 mm x 238 mm)
NPG 1691a
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Adam Sedgwick
by Augustin Edouart
silhouette, 1828
11 in. x 7 1/4 in. (279 mm x 184 mm)
NPG 4502
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt
by Augustin Edouart
silhouette, 1830-1831
9 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in. (241 mm x 114 mm)
NPG 1638
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
by Unknown artist
silhouette
4 in. x 3 1/2 in. (102 mm x 89 mm) oval
NPG 4148
© National Portrait Gallery, London
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
by Unknown artist
silhouette, 1839
11 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. (286 mm x 159 mm)
NPG 3859
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Henry Irving
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
silhouette, late 1890s
14 1/4 in. x 10 1/2 in. (361 mm x 266 mm) overall
NPG 3538
© National Portrait Gallery, London