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.
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46583
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46584
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46585
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46586
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46587
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46588
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46589
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46590
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46591
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46592
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46593
Doreen White; Elen? Ridgeway; V.C. Woodman
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46594
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46595
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46596
John Roe; Guy Edward Scrase Dickens; Miriam Barlow
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46597
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46598
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46599
A.W. Sunderland; F.L. Isaacs; George F. Taylor
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46600
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46601
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46602
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46603
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46604
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46605
Actors in role for the play 'The Little Duchess' at the Lyceum Theatre Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46606
Actors in role for the play 'The Little Duchess' at the Lyceum Theatre Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46607
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46608
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46609
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46610
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46611
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46612
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46613
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46614
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46615
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46616
Visitors to St Luke's Church Bazaar, Eltham Park and Staff of Messrs Vickers, Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 15 November 1923
NPG D46617
C.A. Grafton; Howard? H. Saunders; Q. Vincent; R. Vincent
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46619
Staff of Messrs Vickers, Sheffield (Sir George Thomas Buckham; Sam Robinson; Colonel E.A.P. Hobday)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46620
Staff of Messrs Vickers, Sheffield (Two unknown sitters)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46621
Nora Emily Falkner (née Addiscott)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1 December 1923
NPG D46622
Penelope Bright; Wilfred Laurie Bright
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 3 December 1923
NPG D46623
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46624
Francis L. Savidge; Frances Ingram
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46625
Audrey Carol Jones; W. E. Jones; E. Cordle
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46626
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46627
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46628
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46629
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46630
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46631
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46632
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46633
Silhouette of a dog '"Brill" of Bryn Tanat, Labrador Retriever'
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46634
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46635
C.E. Buckingham; Mr Baker; J.B. Stobart
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46636
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46637
Visitors to Eltham Bazaar, Brighton or Sheffield
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46638
'Mr and Mrs Longman's Golden Wedding, April 28 1924' (Florence M. Cammell; Rose Hubbard; E?. Bolton)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46640
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46641
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923-1924
NPG D46642
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, circa 1923
NPG D48189
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