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 (includes Paul Hill; R.W. Flemming; S?.N. Wrightson; Rita Nutt)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46503
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46504
Tourist on the West Pier, Brighton
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46505
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (Jese? Foray; T.C. Woodman; H.C. Butler)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46508
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (J.F. Buchanan; A. Franks; E. Bondy)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46509
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46510
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46511
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (J. Mason; B. Ridgway; Peggy Oliver)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46512
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (L.M. Oliver; Katherine Nangraves?; Harry Sampson)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46513
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (P. MacDonald; D. Bilmen?; Louisa Sangster)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46514
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (Wallace Godsall; Grace? Debdin; William James Baird)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46518
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46520
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (Phyllis Kinnoch; Mr. Challans?; E.N. Miles J.F?.)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46522
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