Royalty and celebrity
Edward Lear
by Unknown artist
circa 1830s
NPG 1759
Many famous faces sat to the growing number of professional silhouette artists and a trade soon developed in engraved reproductions of their portraits. These were especially popular as frontispieces or illustrations in biographies. The craze was nowhere more popular than at court, where George III and Queen Charlotte sat to all the best-known profit lists of the day.
Top: Composite image, from left to right:
- John Henry Alexander; Mr Weekes; John Francis Theodon; John Lloyd, 1832
- Mrs Robert Beveridge; Anne Beveridge; Andrew Beveridge; Hugh Beveridge; Robert Beveridge, 1832
- Jane Anderson; Esther Ainslie; Helena Anderson; Mrs Arkley; Charles Atherton, circa 1830
Catherine Lear
by Unknown artist
circa 1830s
NPG 1759c
4 silhouettes by Augustin Edouart (1789-1861)