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.
Charles L. Marburg; F.G. Marburg and others
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46443
Gertrude L. Rhodes; Mrs Wragg; Lilian Hull; I.J. Rhodes; W.J. Wragg
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46444
A. Rosenbawm; M. Bagley; C. Huskisson
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46445
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46446
William Carling; ?; E.K.E. Hutchison; M. W; C.S. Suthers; R.H. Hutchison; ?; C. Huskisson; ?
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46447
An unknown woman; L? Suthers; Grace Lampard
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46448
A. Carling; an unknown woman; J.A. Bailey
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46449
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46450
John Sca?; Primrose; Victoria Lorie
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46451
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46452
Charles D. Elliott; Vyvian Pedlar; Marion Kerala Shotton (née Kitchin)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46453
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46454
Nigel Roy Whitwell; E.S.C. Whitwell; Frederick William Whitwell
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46455
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46457
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton, including Robert Cecil Hudson
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46460
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (A.F. Abaza; R. Milnes; Derek Riley)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46461
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46462
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