Eckart. A labouring man of Berlin; his clever silhouette cutting was brought to the notice of the public by Werkmeister.
Edouart, August. Born 1789, died 1861; a Frenchman. Served under Napoleon, and was decorated. He married Mademoiselle Vital, and during the political crisis came to England. Cut silhouettes in doubled black paper; itinerated in the large towns in England and on the Continent. He kept books of duplicates which contained upwards of 100,000 portraits; these included the French Royal Family taken at Holyrood, hundreds of the gentry and nobility of Great Britain, besides professional men, statesmen, politicians, and almost every man and woman of note of his time. He wrote a treatise on silhouettes (see Bibliography), a demy octavo volume with many illustrations, which is now very rare. When upwards of fifty years of age, Edouart went to America, and while there cut the portraits of presidents, soldiers, sailors, senators, and famous men and women in the States. In 1849 the ship “Oneida,” on which the artist returned, was wrecked, and many of his valuable volumes of duplicates were lost. Some 9,000 portraits, however, in fourteen volumes, were saved, and form a remarkable collection of the celebrities of his day (see chapter on “Edouart and his Book”). [IV.], [V.], [VI.], [VII.], [XV.], [XXIV.], [XXV.], [XXVII.], [XXXVII.], [XXXVIII.], [XL.], [XLI.], [XLIII.], [XLIV.], [XLVIII.], [L.], [LVII.], [LX.], [LXIV.]
Edwards, E. C. (1824). Name on silhouette of Thomas Coke, of Holkham, afterwards Earl of Leicester. From a drawing made at Holkham.
Edwin, Henry. Silhouettist of the second half of the nineteenth century. Cut the portraits of Lords Iddesleigh, Tennyson, and Salisbury, Mr. Gladstone, and many other famous men. A small paper book was published with a few of his fancy subjects.
Elizabeth, Princess, [XIII.], [XXXIV.], [XXXV.], [XXXVI.], [LXII.], [LXIV.]
Ferpell (1837). Signature on a sheet of five engraved silhouettes at Knole. The portraits are of the Duke and Duchess of Dorset, of the eighteenth century, and their three children.
Field, J. Born 1771, died 1841, at Molesey. Painted in black on glass, plaster, and card; nearly always pencilled with gold. He was for many years in partnership with Miers, when the names Miers & Field appear on the label. Afterwards, “J. Field, 11, Strand, late of the firm of Miers & Field,” is found on the backs of his fine portraits. Thus: “J. Field, Profilist to their Majesties, and H.R.H. the Princess Augusta, No. 2, Strand, London, two doors east from Northumberland House. Upwards of thirty years sole profile painter, and late of the firm of Miers & Field. Continues to execute his long approved likenesses, combining expression and character with accuracy of finish, so as to give the most pleasing resemblance, for frames, cases, frontispieces for library works, and even in minute size for bracelets, brooches, lockets. Time of sitting, three minutes. Mr. F. preserves all the original shades, by which he can at any time furnish copies, if required, without the necessity of a second sitting. Copies correctly taken from profile busts. Miniature frames and cases of every description manufactured by H. W. Field; also jewellery and seal engraving.” This label is on a portrait of himself by J. Field, in the possession of his great-grandson. [VIII.], [IX.], [X.], [XXII.]
Finkentscher, Otto. Cut silhouettes, chiefly animals.
Firth, Frederick. Cut silhouettes, which are generally pencilled with gold. Advertisement in the possession of Mrs. Wadmore: “The nobility, gentry, and inhabitants of Tunbridge Wells are respectfully informed that Master Firth will remain but one week longer in this town. Those ladies and gentlemen who have not yet completed their family sets are requested to make early application. That extraordinary talented youth, Master Firth, who has been the astonishment of all lovers of the fine arts, will exercise his ingenious and interesting profession for one week longer in this town, next door to the Ladies’ Bazaar, Parade, etc. His prices—A plain bust, 1s.; duplicate of ditto, 6d. A bust in gold bronze or shaded, with drapery, 2s. 6d. Whole-length figure in plain black, 2s. 6d.; ditto, duplicate of ditto, 1s. 6d.; ditto, very highly finished, 2s. 6d. The much-admired coloured profiles, 10s. 6d. Whole-length figure in bronze or shaded, with drapery, developing every characteristic peculiarity of hair, dress, etc., 5s. 6d.”
Flint, Andreas.