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, 1923
NPG D46424
Louis Harrison in "The Lady of the Rose"; Enid Loraine; M.V. Thoms; G. Hunter Thoms
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46425
Two unknown sitters; T. Kelly; M. A. Dunn; Molly Lefevre
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46426
F. Beacham; J. Lampard; L. Heanes; M. Brannigan; B.J. Barnes; F.M. Kelly
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46427
Jill Mayne; P. Stirzaker; George E. Lampard Jr
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46428
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46429
H. Asher; Jack? Asher?; E. Asher
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46430
Performers on the West Pier, Brighton (Chrissie Russell; Isobel Purdon and an unknown woman)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46431
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (M. Freeman; J. Freeman)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46432
Nat. Mindel; H. Mindel; Lionel Rubens
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46433
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton, including Adrian Leonard Newell
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46434
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46435
An unknown man; G. Phelps; an unknown man; Madeleine Jannaway; George Bradford; M. Bately
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46436
Lilian Hull; Dora A. Popham; Charles Augustine Castleford Jeffcock
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46437
Leslie Couper; Lillian Benjamin
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46438
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (E.B. Fenton; J.W. Stevenson and an unknown sitter)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46439
An unknown woman; Fanny Wragg; S.J.B. Popham
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, April 1923
NPG D46440
Leslie C. Williams?; P. Crowly; F. Crowly; H. Shepherdson; A. Crowly?; C.H. Crowly; M. A. Crowly?
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46441
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46442
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