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.
Sylvia Leonora (née Brett), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D510
Sir Donald Wolfit (né Woolfitt)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D517
Dennys Jack Valentine McDonald Hobley
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D523
(Arthur) Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1930s
NPG D525
Archibald Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D527
Lady Iris Victoria Beatrice Grace Kemp (née Mountbatten)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1920s-1940s
NPG D528
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