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, 1925-1926
NPG D47042
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1925-1926
NPG D47043
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1925-1926
NPG D47044
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, late 1920s
NPG D468
Jean Forbes-Robertson as Peter Pan in 'Peter Pan'
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, circa 1930?
NPG D505
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1968)
NPG D497
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1928 or 1930)
NPG D498
Pascoe Christian Victor Francis Grenfell, 2nd Baron Grenfell
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D473
Lady Iris Victoria Beatrice Grace Kemp (née Mountbatten)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1929)
NPG D474
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D475
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1927)
NPG D476
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D477
Sir Donald Wolfit (né Woolfitt)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D478
Frederick Henry Smith, 1st Baron Colwyn
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1928)
NPG D479
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1926)
NPG D480
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1923)
NPG D481
Archibald Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1929)
NPG D482
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1923)
NPG D483
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D484
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1974 (1925)
NPG D485
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