Hubert Leslie
(1890-1976), Silhouettist, entertainer and teacherHubert John Leslie
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 700 portraits
Born in Rawlpindi, British India, Leslie studied at the Sheffield School of Art, and spent a year studying under Henry Tonks at the Slade School of Art. During the Great War he published cartoons and performed as an entertainer, sending back to his family pieces of trench art, including a silhouette of his wife cut in brass salvaged from an old artillery shell. He went on to develop dual careers as a silhouette artist and as an entertainer in schools. From his first booking in 1919, he built up a one-man show which toured Britain's public schools, combining sketching, elocution, juggling, mental telepathy, songs and mental feats.
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D466
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D467
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
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by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D471
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D472
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
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by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D16824
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s
NPG D16825
Margaret Aileen Eaden; possibly Annie Elizabeth Eaden (née Hitchings)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s
NPG D16826
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D42584
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D42585
Archibald Layford; Elsie Jones; Suzanne Viola; Godfrey A. Cowry; John Gifford; Ralph Burnham
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46414
Doreen Gibbs; Bertram Phipps; George A. Gibbs; Lena Gifford; David Gifford
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
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by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46416
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46417
Sheila Charlton (née Ross); Theophilus Charlton; Dorothy Albert; W. E. Hobson and an unknown man
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46418
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (J?. Allan Weld and three unknown sitters)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46419
E. Paul; Frank Lockwood; Frank I. Whitcroft; Sydney Benjamin; Gladys H. Ward
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46420
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, March 26 1923
NPG D46421
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