Hubert Leslie cut paper silhouettes (volume 2), 1923
189 Portraits in set
Hubert John Leslie ran a Silhouette Studio on the West Pier, Brighton and elsewhere, from 1922 until 1940; he cut well over 20,000 portraits during that time. The National Portrait Gallery has 10 of his record books, covering the years from 1922 to 1950; these contain Leslie’s duplicate of each silhouette, and the sitter’s autograph. The slogan of his Silhouette Studio was ‘It only takes 5 minutes’; the modesty of his fees meant that his sitters come from a broad spectrum of British society. Also in the album are silhouettes of visitors from around the world, from New Zealand and North America, from China and Japan. There are sets of silhouettes of entire casts of actors performing at the West Pier Theatre, next to the Silhouette Studio.
Archibald Layford; Elsie Jones; Suzanne Viola; Godfrey A. Cowry; John Gifford; Ralph Burnham
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46414
Doreen Gibbs; Bertram Phipps; George A. Gibbs; Lena Gifford; David Gifford
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46415
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46416
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46417
Sheila Charlton (née Ross); Theophilus Charlton; Dorothy Albert; W. E. Hobson and an unknown man
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46418
Tourists on the West Pier, Brighton (J?. Allan Weld and three unknown sitters)
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46419
E. Paul; Frank Lockwood; Frank I. Whitcroft; Sydney Benjamin; Gladys H. Ward
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, 1923
NPG D46420
by Hubert Leslie
cut paper silhouette, March 26 1923
NPG D46421
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